「仕事は辞めざる終えませんでした」 So. I know that -zaru means -nai. Right? But what about that oemasen? So she had to quit her job, but didn't end it? A (german) friend told me that oeru means the same like shimau.

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「仕事は辞めざる終えませんでした」　 So. I know that -zaru means -nai. Right? But what about that oemasen? So she had to quit her job, but didn't end it? A (german) friend told me that oeru means the same like shimau. So I thought now it would mean: 仕事は辞めなくてしまいました。which would mean she had to quit her job. But I forgot to put in the negation. So it would actually be 仕事は辞めなくてしまいませんでした。 Well for me this doesn't make any sense? Why is the oeru negated?

2010년 8월 29일 오전 3:03

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「辞めざるを得ませんでした」 is not correct. Right writing is 「辞めざる『を』得ませんでした」. 「辞めざる」≒「辞めない」「得ない」＝「出来ない」「手に入らない」 So, 「辞めざるを得ませんでした」means「辞めない（ということは）出来なかった」＝「辞めるしかなかった」 She had to leave her job.

2010년 8월 29일

http://www.nhk.or.jp/bunken/research/kotoba/kotoba_qa_05100101.html This website may help you understand "～ざるを得ない / 得ません." =) x 仕事は辞めざる終えませんでした o 仕事は辞めざるを得ませんでした = She had no choice but to quit her job. "She had to quit her job" would be "彼女は仕事を辞めなければならなかった。" had to ~ = ~なければならなかった I'm not really sure about what your friend said, "oeru means the same like shimau," but as Maikoさん wrote, ~を得る (o eru) = get ~ ~を得ない (o enai) = not get ~ 辞める = quit 辞めざる = not quit so, 仕事を辞めざるを得ませんでした = did not get to not quit her job = had to quit her job.

2010년 8월 29일

~ざるを,得ませんでした～しない事を出来ませんでした仕事を辞めざるを得ませんでした。仕事を辞めなければなりませんでした。

2010년 8월 29일

suru...dekiru owaru...oeru (owaru koto ga dekiru) (endigen...endigen koennen) "oemasen deshita" means "couldn't end". hanasu...hanseru (reden...reden koennen) kaeru...kaereru (heimkehren...heimkehren koennen) ~zaru = without doing..... Thus: "She couldn't end the job without quitting". or...."Unless she quit, she wouldn't be able to leave the job". **Shimau...is something different!**

2010년 8월 29일

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