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na-adjectives negative from HI, there's a little thing i cant understand when conjugating na-adjectives to modify a noun for example: when i want to say : A quiet person,i attach NA between quiet and person like so 静かな人。 but how do i say : not a quiet person? do i replace the na with じゃない (informal) or do i say 静かな人じゃない。? almost every lesson that talks about this subject shows an example like this between negative and non-negative You are a beautiful person. あなたは きれい  な  人 です。 and for the negative axample: You are NOT beautiful: あなたは きれい では ありません。 As far as i can tell its a little bit different because in the second example the adjective is no longer modifying the noun "person".

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a quiet person  おとなしい人, 物静かな人(静かな人 is OK) not a quiet person おとなしい人じゃない、静かな人じゃない、物静かではない、行動的である e.g. I am a quiet person. 私は、おとなしい。 or  私は、おとなしい人です(similar 'shy' ) I am not a quiet person, but I can't be active for some reason. 私は全然おとなしい人じゃないのに、なぜか積極的になれない。 The door is not strong. ドアは、頑丈ではない or ドアは、丈夫ではない。 My Dad is not stubborn. 父は、頑固者ではありません。 or 父は、頑固じゃない。 Hope this helps.
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I'm not sure about this specific situation, maybe there's some rule concerning people specifically that I'm not aware of (there's a lot of things you avoid saying for politeness sake so who knows), but using a negative na-adjective to modify a noun is not wrong. Or maybe they tend to prefer using positive adjectives when possible. Not quite sure. 好きじゃない人 - (Person I don't like) seems to get quite a few hits on Google (I'm married to someone I don't like, what do I do!! - or a similar context haha).

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