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Rhetorical Question / rokuni - nai 355
Note that rhetorical questions are more powerful than their correspond-
ing sentences.
3. A simple negative question can function as a strong command, as in
KS(F) and Ex.(j), and is often used for intimidation.
not sufficiently; not satisfac-
that s.t. animate does not or cannot torily; not properly; not well;
do s.t. satisfactorily / sufficiently 1
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(On the plane I couldn't sleep well.)
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3 < 1:&48 bl (s.o. doesn't eat properly.)
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(a) 3 < 1:@5$.6 L~~~T&&Q&~S~.OT, &%ffl5kGd'-7z0
(I took the exam without studying properly, so it was a disaster (lit. I
couldn't do well at all).)
(I,) ~wv~~rz~t:a)~, t:bna-nx3rz,
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(It was such a short stay in Paris that I hardly met her.)
