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How to say "Of course not" in Japanese?
with example(s) please.
Feb 16, 2011 8:15 PM
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「まさか。」
Example:
AとBは高校生です。
A:ねえ、日曜日の補習クラス、出席する?
B:まさか。
"Hey, are you gonna school on Sunday for the extra curricular class?"
"Of course not. "
February 17, 2011
Both "Of course not" and "Of course" are translated into 「もちろん」.
It depends on context: positive question or negative question.
When you wanna agree with the negative question, you have to answer with positive sentence.
February 17, 2011
もちろん好きではありません
February 17, 2011
もちろん好きではありません。 - Of course not.
「それはお好きではないでしょうね」「もちろん(好きではありません)」。- “You don't like it?”―“Of course not.”
「君はヘビが好きですか」「もちろん好きではありません」- Do you like snakes? Of course not.
「野球は嫌いなんですね」「ええ嫌いです」- "Don't you like baseball?" - "Of course, not"
February 16, 2011
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