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08-26-2009, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mandalina View Post
I just saw this じゃありません and didn't understand what it is. I can say it sounded strange to me. Can you first tell me what ではありません or じゃありません mean?
ではありません and じゃありません are used to negate a sentence. So if I wanted to say I am not a cat, I could say, 「僕は猫ではありません。」

じゃ is a like a contraction of the sounds of では.
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