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04-07-2011, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
Now, I don't know if you can use it with a grammatical-negative clause, so I don't know if this one is correct (and it also could only be correct if you viewed learning Japanese as a bad thing for an American to do:
日本人ではないくせに日本語が話せる。
You can if you have a negative view of the fact/situation.

To put it in an extreme way, that sentence can be rephrases as "Why the hell does a red-headed and green-eyed dude like you even speak Japanese!!!???"


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