Colloquial vs. bungo

cacawate

観察するのが好きです

22 Jul 2003

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• 4 Dec 2003

• #1

I was wondering how i would change ては as in ～でなくてはならない into a more casual form of speach. Could I change it into ちゃ?
That would rule.

Here's an example just in case of confusion:
公平でなくてはならない
公平でなくちゃならない

This is a long shot and I've been wondering it lately.

 

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tobata

後輩

22 Jan 2003

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• 5 Dec 2003

• #2

ちゃ itself conveys the meaning of てはならない here, so you can just say 公平でなくっちゃ. (A small つ is needed.)

 

cacawate

観察するのが好きです

22 Jul 2003

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• 5 Dec 2003

• Thread starter
• #3

Wow! Cool. I really appreciate it! Would there be a way I could hear that via sound recording or something? If not that's ok. I had to try