Now that we know how to say what things are, let's try to define what things are NOT. Just like before we start with X は Y but instead of using the positive です (it is/am/are), we will use じゃありません (it is not).
So before we said:
すし は さかな です。 --->As for sushi, it is fish.
sushi [wa] sakana desu.
And now we can say:
すし は にく じゃ ありません。 --->As for sushi, it is not meat.
sushi [wa] niku ja arimasen.
As you can see, X and Y are still nouns and the only thing that has changed is the positive です to the negative じゃありません. Let's make a negative statement of our other example.
たけしさん は がくせい です。 --->As for Takeshi, he is a student.
Takeshi-san [wa] gakusei desu.
たけしさん は いしゃ じゃ ありません。 --->As for Takeshi, he is not a doctor.
Takeshi-san [wa] isha ja arimasen.
What other negative statements can we make? If you already made positive statements from before, try making those negative too!
がんばります!(ganbarimasu!) Do your best!
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