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 Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:15 pm
What does "janai" mean?
I've heard it used in various Japanese sentences but sadly... I don't know it's meaning. crying
Please tell me...
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:52 pm
The only way I've heard it used is to mean "is not."
For example, when my friend says to me: "baka da," (Idiot.)
I say, "baka janai yo!" (I'm not an idiot!)
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 3:55 pm
It does mean "is not"
like "suki janai" means don't like..though you can just say "kirai" for not like
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 4:23 pm
jana is used for departure like good bye, janai is used for a variant of ja arimasen.
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 9:35 am
Janai is a contracted form of dewa nai, the plain form of the copula da/desu.
da (plain copula)
dearu (plain copula, formal)*
dewa nai (plain negative copula)
janai (plain negative copula, colloquial)
desu (polite copula)
dearimasu (polite copula, formal)*
dewa arimasen (polite negative copula)
ja arimasen (polite negative copula, colloquial)
The ones with stars aren't used as often, but dearu will pop up in certain formally written essays.
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:56 pm
Michelle Noire jana is used for departure like good bye, janai is used for a variant of ja arimasen. and ja ne used to say bye by girl
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