<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='1091'>魚（さかな）</span><strong>じゃなく</strong>(<strong>て</strong>)<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='895'>肉（にく）</span>が食（た）べたい。

<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='47' data-vocab-id='9'>あの</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='1016'>選手（せんしゅ）</span>は天才（てんさい）<strong>ではなく</strong>(<strong>て</strong>)、努力家（どりょくか）だ。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='972'>あなた</span>が<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='866'>約束（やくそく）</span>したのは<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='643'>明日（あした）</span><strong>ではなく</strong>(<strong>て</strong>)<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='309'>今日（きょう）</span>です<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='78'>よ</span>。

<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='5' data-vocab-id='95'>これ</span>は<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='465'>夢（ゆめ）</span><strong>じゃなく</strong>(<strong>て</strong>)現実（げんじつ）だ。

<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='11' data-vocab-id='149'>それ</span>は<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='349'>僕（ぼく）</span>のアイデア<strong>じゃなく</strong>(<strong>て</strong>)、<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='47' data-vocab-id='9'>あの</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='300'>人（ひと）</span>のアイデアだ。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='309'>今日（きょう）</span>は<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='445'>土曜日（どようび）</span><strong>じゃなく</strong>(<strong>て</strong>)<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='634'>日曜日（にちようび）</span>です<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='78'>よ</span>。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='772'>火曜日（かようび）</span><strong>ではなく</strong>(<strong>て</strong>)<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='741'>水曜日（すいようび）</span>です。

観光（かんこう）<strong>じゃなく</strong>(<strong>て</strong>)<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='315'>仕事（しごと）</span>です。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='564'>彼（かれ）</span>は<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='354'>兄弟（きょうだい）</span><strong>ではなく</strong>(<strong>て</strong>)従兄弟（いとこ）です。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='564'>彼（かれ）</span>は<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='718'>歌手（かしゅ）</span><strong>ではなく</strong>(<strong>て</strong>)俳優（はいゆう）だ。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='852'>科学（かがく）</span><strong>ではなく</strong>(<strong>て</strong>)化学（かがく）です。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='849'>私（わたし）</span>は<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='403'>医者（いしゃ）</span><strong>ではなく</strong>(<strong>て</strong>)薬剤師（やくざいし）です。

<div class='writeup-body'>When the <span class='info-highlight' data-term='助動詞・じょどうし'>auxiliary verb</span> <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='1'>だ</span> is seen in its negative conjugated form, it states that (A) is not correct, but (B) is. This form is <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='474'>ではなく</span>, and may appear either with or without the <span class='info-highlight' data-term='接続助詞・せつぞくじょし'>conjunction particle</span> て attached to the end.<br><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='474'>ではなくて</span> is commonly seen grouped with nouns, or other words that have been nominalized through the use of の or こと.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>事故（じこ）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='21'>を</span>起（お）こし<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='102'>たら</span>逃（に）げる<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='16'>の</span>ではなくて、警察（けいさつ）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='32'>に</span>電話（でんわ）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='21'>を</span>してください。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>When you get into an accident, don't run, but call the police please.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>赤（あか）いのではなくて、青（あお）いの<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='21'>を</span>ください。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Please give me the blue one, not the red one.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>今日（きょう）は暇（ひま）ではなくて忙（いそ）しい<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='2'>です</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>It's not that I am bored today, but busy.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>メール<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='474'>ではなくて</span>、ファックス<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='36'>で</span>送（おく）っ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='60'>てください</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Please send it via fax, and not email.</div></li></ul>In <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='474'>ではなくて</span>, the <span class='info-highlight' data-term='副助詞・ふくじょし'>adverbial particle</span> は is not strictly required. However, as this expression is comparing what (A) is 'not' to what (B) 'is', the contrast that は provides means that the phrase will sound far more natural with its inclusion.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='37'>その</span>建物（たてもの）は刑務所（けいむしょ）ではなくて、学校（がっこう）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='2'>です</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>That building is not a prison, but a school.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>彼（かれ）は正社員（せいしゃいん）でなくて、アルバイト<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='2'>です</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>He is not a full time worker, but a part time worker.</div></li></ul><div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div>て sometimes performs in a similar way to a 'comma' in Japanese, allowing structures to appear together that usually wouldn't. Due to this, if て is omitted from <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='474'>ではなくて</span>, <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='474'>ではなく</span> may not be linked directly to the next word, and a comma will be required. Regarding adjectives, this く form is known as the <span class='info-highlight' data-term='連用形・れんようけい'>conjunctive form</span>, and may only be linked directly with other 用言（ようげん） (conjugatable words), altering or adding to their overall meaning.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='30'>この</span>ラーメンは不味（まず）いのではなく、味（あじ）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='10'>が</span>薄（うす）いだけ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='2'>です</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>It is not that this ramen tastes bad, but it is bland.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'> 私（わたし）は高（たか）いのではなく安（やす）いの<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='21'>を</span>買（か）った。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I bought the cheap one, not the expensive one.</div></li></ul></div></div>

Grammar Info

ではなくて

not A but B, conjunctive