I just checked it with my Japanese girlfriend and she said that "nanimo mimasen" is correct, and "nanimo mimasu" is incorrect.
Aaron On Monday, January 9, 2006, at 04:17 AM, M wrote: > > > Aaron Ackerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday, January > 8, 2006, at 01:12 PM, ai3131 wrote: > >> I would like to know if double negatives exist in Japanese. For >> example, would one say "nanimo mimasen", or "nanimo mimasu"? > > I'm pretty sure the correct one is "nanimo mimasen." > > Aaron > > .................................................. > yes I do think too that the correct one is "Nanimo > mimas"...because <Nanimo> which means nothing and 'mimasen', which > means i have not seen << becomes > > "I have not seen nothing" >><< which actually does not make sense. > > So as per reality and rationality, I too think it will be "Nanimo > mimas". > > Others please help. > > Chandra > > > > --------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "Japanese_Language" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://in.messenger.yahoo.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
