thesuker 先輩 Joined 20 May 2014 Messages 242 Reaction score 3 11 Apr 2015 #1 Im reading a graded reader (JLPT N5-N4) and Ive come across the following expresion:それではだめです. The context is a man asking a woman for money to cross the river in his boat, she says she doesnt have money, and he answers そうですか。それではだめです。
Im reading a graded reader (JLPT N5-N4) and Ive come across the following expresion:それではだめです. The context is a man asking a woman for money to cross the river in his boat, she says she doesnt have money, and he answers そうですか。それではだめです。
lanthas Joined 27 Apr 2014 Messages 940 Reaction score 243 11 Apr 2015 #2 "With that (situation), it won't work" i.e. "As you can't pay me, I won't take you across the river"