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negating い adjectives
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So far I've been learning that to negate an い adjective I have to substitute い with くない:
高いです。-> 高くないです。
But now I see in another online course that they replace い with くand add ありませ:
高いです。-> 高くありません。
Which one is more common? Is one of these more informal than the other?
So far I've been learning that to negate an い adjective I have to substitute い with くない:
高いです。-> 高くないです。
But now I see in another online course that they replace い with くand add ありませ:
高いです。-> 高くありません。
Which one is more common? Is one of these more informal than the other?
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高くありませんis more formal japanese
if you want to say "not expensive" to teacher or older people, you should use 高くありません not 高くないです
if you want to say "not expensive" to teacher or older people, you should use 高くありません not 高くないです
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