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Originally Posted by Prostak
Hi, dear friends,
Excuse me, I have another trouble: would you be so kind to explain me, what does it means the suffix "~cha" (or: "~tya"), in the end of some japanese verbs (for example: ikanakucha, shinakucha,- and so on)?
THANKS!!!!
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ちゃ is a contraction of ては in the same way "n't" is a contraction in English of "not."
たべてはいけない becomes たべちゃいけない
Like
"does not" becomes "doesn't"
Relevant side note: では becomes じゃ in the same instances.
のんではいけない becomes のんじゃいけない
Or, the most famous (probably),
ではない becomes じゃない