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N4 レッスン 1: 12/18

なくて (Sequence)To not ~ and ~, Not ~ and ~ (Conjugations)

使い方・接続

Verb［ない］+ な + くて
［い］Adjective［い］ + くな + くて
［な］Adjective + では(1)ない + な + くて
Noun + では(1)ない + な + くて

Exceptions:
いい ￫ よくなくて
する ￫ しなくて
くる ￫ こなくて

(1) じゃ

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  • 使用域

    一般

「なくて」の情報

In Japanese, なくて is a construction that combines ない (in its conjugation form, なく), with the conjunction particle て. This results in the same 'and' meaning as the standard て form, but with the negative meaning of ない. なくて can be translated as 'to not (A), and…', or 'not (A), and…', depending on what type of word it is used with.

As discussed in our initial lesson about ない, there are two forms of this particular word. One form is an auxiliary verb, and is used with verbs. The other form of ない is an い-Adjective (形容詞(けいようし)), and is used with nouns, な-Adjectives, and い-Adjectives.

The difference between these two, is that the い-Adjective form may have は in between it and the word it is connected to (では in the case of nouns and な-Adjectives). With verbs, due to ない being an auxiliary verb, this is not possible.

Caution

なくて is very similar to ないで, another structure that is regularly used with verbs (but may not be used with nouns or adjectives). ないで is far more common when expressing 'not doing' something, while なくて tends to be used almost exclusively for expressing reasons/causes.

例文

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    なる → ならなくて

    to become → to not become and...

    嫌(きら)い → 嫌(きら)いではなくて

    dislike → not dislike and...

    病気(びょうき) → 病気(びょうき)じゃなくて

    illness → not an illness and...

    高(たか)い → 高(たか)くなくて

    expensive/tall → not expensive/tall and...

    いい → よくなくて

    good → not good and...

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  • KanjiCollector

    KanjiCollector

    Just came here to say that I also think なくて should be explained before なくてはいけない and なくてはならない. I spent literally two extra weeks drilling the なくてはいけない and なくてはならない into my head.

    I understand some people may be affected by “some concepts at a certain level might be too much at once” but others like myself are here to learn, the correct way. Why teach out of order.

    I cant wrap my head around why its set up this way. It would make sense if なくて was taught wayyy down the line but its only a few lessons away?
    なくて - N4 Section 1/10
    なくてはいけない and なくてはならない - N5 Section 9/10

    My recommendation, just swap them with eachother. If that doesnt work, maybe put a little blurb saying this is a “secondary” step in this grammar.

  • Kattosan

    Kattosan

    この風呂は汚れはなくて、いつもいい匂いがする。

    I’m a bit confused, isn’t 汚れ (よごれ) also a noun? Why wouldn’t it be correct? I get it that they’re trying to tell me that it’s supposed to be a verb in this case (汚れる), but it confused me a little bit. Maybe they could’ve used another word that didn’t hold this duality?

    https://jisho.org/word/汚れ-1

  • BreadmanNin

    BreadmanNin

    Hi everyone. I’m confused about one of the example sentences for this grammar point. I understand all the example sentences except this one:

    完璧かんぺき → 完璧かんぺきでなくて

    完璧 is a な-adjective. According to the structure section, な-adjectives should be followed by ではなくて or じゃなくて. Why is 完璧 followed by でなくて? I don’t see でなくて anywhere else on the page either. Am I overlooking something?

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