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JLPT N5 Grammar

～じゃない・ではない

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N5 · Other · じゃない・ではない

to not be (am not; is not; are not)

じゃない・ではない

じゃない/ではない are negative copula forms meaning 'is not.'

じゃない is more conversational; ではない is more formal.

これは私のかばんじゃないです。

This is not my bag.

Do not attach it to verbs to negate actions; use the verb ない form.

じゃない is conversational 'is not.'

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