Page 278 - Makino,Tsutusi.DictionaryOfIntermediateJGrammar

204 -nai koto rnolwa nai
tlP3
B: we, jg,~<ablzt:ea~l/v~w, ~~~lr<$i<a~12-d-~
(Yes, it is cool, but sometimes it gets terribly hot.)
(b) A: k;~s~~&&$.~Ta~>~~-g-gO
(Isn't your father in good health?)
IfVbr? t:
" C~ablZ 127'sblATtfl, ltl.Efl$L'&b>k
B: bl?, zii;m. k j T
-+ 0
(Yes, he is healthy, but his blood pressure is a bit high.)
<
3
H*~~CP@L &I b*AjS1,
(Isn't Japanese difficult?)
ltlari
~;i, ~~<a~l~kea~~rcr"-w, B*BOBLLI~~S
kLt3-Cbl6 k%b>2t:ko
(Yes, it is difficult, but it seems that the difficulty of Japanese is
overemphasized.)
ai r +?L, c dc( LI
- (d) A: LLIH~AC~~&Y%C?~~~AT:..~~,
-
-
- -
-
-
-
-
-
=
SNI (Mr. Yamada isn't a political scientist, is he?)
=
- -
-
-
7
bl?, &fgy%L+Tab~Zkeab~Arcr"tfl, r%b7-Pkbl5 k
&fg&rcr"-fo
(Yes, he is a political scientist, but he is more of a politician.)
(Japanese are said to like group behavior. Certainly, they do behave as
a group, but there are quite a few Japanese who behave individually.)
1. The phrase -nai koto rno/wa nai is used when the speaker wants to
mildly acknowledge 1 confirm with a proviso that s.0. has just said or
written. The phrase is often followed by n(o) dew ga.
2. The phrase expresses a double negative structure that is virtually an
affirmative statement.
3. The phrase is an expression of repetition that repeats the same verb,
adjective or N + Copula which has just been used in the interlocutor's