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〜じゃありません

JLPT N5 です and basic sentences

is not (polite negative of です)

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Replace desu with ja arimasen to say that something is not the case. Ja arimasen is the everyday spoken form; dewa arimasen is the slightly more formal version. It attaches to nouns and na-adjectives.

Examples

  • じゃませ

    Watashi wa sensei ja arimasen.

    I am not a teacher.

  • じゃませ

    Sore wa mizu ja arimasen.

    That is not water.

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