In this part of article, we are going to present about how to make a negative answer based on the question which is given. To make a formal negative answer based on the given question, below are the pattern :
いいえ、＋。。。＋では ありません。
For an example we will be given the following questions below :
Kanji : 田中さんのお父さんは警察ですか
Hiragana : たなかさんのおとうさんはけいさつですか。
Romaji : Tanaka-san no otousan wa keisatsu desuka.
Meaning : Is Tanaka-san’s father a police officer ?
So, in order to make a negative answer based on the question above, we will give the following answer as shown below :
Kanji : いいえ、田中さんのお父さんは警察ではありません。
Hiragana : いいえ、たなかさんのおとうさんはけいさつではありません。
Romaji : Iie, Tanaka-san no otousan wa keisatsu dewa arimasen.
Meaning : No, Tanaka-san’s father is not a police officer.
In Shin Nihongo no Kiso I book, there are some exercises that can be used to practice on making a negative answer based on the question which is stated in the exercise. The exercise itself is a problem which is made in an interrogative form as shown in page 7.
1. Kanji : いいえ、キムさんは日本人ではありません。
Hiragana : いいえ、キムさんはにほんじんではありません。
Romaji : Iie, Kimu-san wa nihonjin dewa arimasen.
Meaning : No, Kim-san is not a Japanese.
2. Kanji : いいえ、あの人はタイ人ではありません。
Hiragana : いいえ、あの人はタイじんではありません。
Romaji : Iie, ano hito wa tai-jin dewa arimasen.
Meaning : No, that person is not a Thai.
3. Kanji : いいえ、リーさんは韓国の研修生ではありません。
Hiragana : いいえ、リーさんはかんこくのけんしゅうせいではありません。
Romaji : Iie, Ri-san wa kankoku no kenshuusei dewa arimasen.
Meaning : No, Ri-san is not a Korean trainee.
4. Kanji : いいえ、鈴木さんは先生ではありません。
Hiragana : いいえ、すずきさんはせんせいではありません。
Romaji : Iie, Suzuki-san wa sensei dewa arimasen.
Meaning : No, Suzuki-san is not a teacher.
That is the negative answers which is given for the questions. While the question itself is stated in the problem. To see the complete problems please buy the original Shin Nihongo no Kiso I book. We will discuss another topic the next article.