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- Japanese Sentences with Must and verb negatives looking for some clarification with this sentence (from memrise) あなたはくうこうであなたのぱすぽーとをみせなくてはいけません memrise lists with meaning "you have to show your passport in the airport" with a literal translation as "youは airportで passportを show must" to me it reads (literally) as you は airport で you の passport を not show は must not do am i getting this right that "must" in Japanese (at least in this case) uses double negative with two negative forms of verbsThinking about some more what does いけません ( and by extension いける or are they unrelated?) mean as a concept, and why the japanese negative (~ません) form for the english positive (Must) form? In english I could write "you must not not show your passport at the airport" or "you mustn't not show your passport at the airport" however the nots cancel each other out. which is how the Japanese seems to work to me. putting it the other way what would ”あなたはくうこうであなたのぱすぽーとをみせてはいけます” mean (swapping the negative to positive forms?) assuming it means anything or other positive/negative combinations ”あなたはくうこうであなたのぱすぽーとをみせなくてはいけます” and ”あなたはくうこうであなたのぱすぽーとをみせてはいけません” and how would you say "you must not show your passport at the airport"April 25, 201740
- I think it should probably be "the pants, which I (have ) brought from Italy, have to fit." extra comma as that section can be removed. "the pants, which I (have ) brought from Italy, have to fit." -> "the pants have to fit." the have would often be left out from a UK English perspective anyway, also UK vs US pants mean different things0 votedOctober 26, 20162

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