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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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