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08-11-2011, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Maxful View Post
Does it mean "My country is small so there is no beer."?

If that is the case, can I also say "ビールがないので国は少ない。"?
No, it does not.

「ビールがない国は少ない。」 means something completely different.

Literally, "Countries with no beer are rare."
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"ビールがないので国は少ない。" makes no sense. That means "Because there is no beer, countries are few."


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