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Unit 2 · これ・それ · Part 3

Saying what it is not

じゃありません
Goals

By the end of this part, you can…

A conversation you can have in Japanese
TanakaAre you a teacher?
YouNo, I am not a teacher. I am an office worker.
TanakaIs this your bag?
YouNo, that is not my bag.
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Warm-up — vocabulary

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Grammar 1

Saying what it is not

To say what something is not, です becomes じゃ ありません. Nothing else moves. じゃ ありません is what people say; では ありません is the same thing in writing.

1See how it works
Pattern
 noun じゃja ありariませんmasenIt is not ~.
Where じゃ comes fromじゃ is the spoken contraction of では. Both are correct; じゃ is what you will hear.
this oneこれkore(topic)はwanotebookノートnooto(polite)ですdesuThis is a notebook.↓ これkore はwa ノートnootois notじゃjaありariませんmasenThis is not a notebook.
2Build the pieceです → じゃ ありません
e.g.ほんhonですdesuis a book→ほんhonじゃjaありariませんmasenis not a book
3Say it in Japanese
Summary

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Grammar 1
Saying what it is not
noun じゃja ありariませんmasen
これkore はwa ノートnooto じゃjaありariませんmasenThis is not a notebook.
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Drill — translate

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Reading — read it aloud

とけい じゃ ありません

Ms. Suzuki has got two of the things wrong.
すずきこれkoreはwaとけいtokeiですかdesu ka。
たなかいいえ、それiie、soreはwaとけいtokeiじゃjaありariませんmasen。
すずきなんnanですかdesu ka。
たなかかばんkabanですdesu。
すずきあれareはwaペンpenですかdesu ka。
たなかいいえ、ペンiie、penじゃjaありません。ノートarimasen。nootoですdesu。
すずきたなかさんtanakasanはwaせんせいsenseiですかdesu ka。
たなかいいえ、せんせいiie、senseiじゃjaありません。かいしゃいんarimasen。kaishainですdesu。
Reading — questions

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