H healer Sempai Joined 13 May 2019 Messages 687 Reaction score 10 2 Oct 2019 #1 Ref: Expressing a lack of change You can't throw it out leaving it in that half-eaten condition! I wonder what the grammar structure of 捨てちゃダメ is.. I understand 半分しか食べてない is only half eaten, 捨てる 【す・てる】 (ru-verb) – to throw away, ダメ is 駄目 which means no good and is usually written using kana alone. I'm not sure about ちゃ in between though.
Ref: Expressing a lack of change You can't throw it out leaving it in that half-eaten condition! I wonder what the grammar structure of 捨てちゃダメ is.. I understand 半分しか食べてない is only half eaten, 捨てる 【す・てる】 (ru-verb) – to throw away, ダメ is 駄目 which means no good and is usually written using kana alone. I'm not sure about ちゃ in between though.
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 2 Oct 2019 #2 ちゃ is the contraction of ては. 捨てちゃダメ = 捨ててはダメ = 捨ててはいけない