これは鉛筆じゃありません

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Maybo

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• 13 Dec 2023

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Is this a pencil?
If I want to answer "this is not a pen", can I say "これは鉛筆じゃありません"？

 

Toritoribe

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• 13 Dec 2023

• #2

Yes. これは鉛筆じゃありません exactly means "this is not a pencil".

 

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SomeCallMeChris

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• #3

Maybo said:

Is this a pencil?
If I want to answer "this is not a pen", can I say "これは鉛筆じゃありません"？

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If you want to answer 'this is not a pen' it would be これはペンじゃありません ... the sentence you wrote as Toritoribesan correctly points out means "This is not a pencil".

Not sure if there was just a typo in the English, and it may not matter at this late date, but I thought it might be best to clarify.