Prohibition statements

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Dante17

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3 Dec 2013

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Hi there. In my book I'm learning how to make prohibition statements with te forms at the moment with the ' haikemasen ' formula. My question is, how do I pronounce this?

Do I pronounce it as 'ha (space) ikemasen'

Or

'Haikemasen' with no space?

Thanks

 

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Morphling

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3 Apr 2013

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Hmm best to stop using romaji ASAP. ては行けません is pronounced as tewa ikemasen as the は here is acting as a particle.

 

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Dante17

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3 Dec 2013

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Morphling said:

Hmm best to stop using romaji ASAP. ては行けません is pronounced as tewa ikemasen as the は here is acting as a particle.

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Oh, okay. Is the 'te' before the 'wa' just short for a te verb or does te actually have to be there? I use my phone so no kana on here :L

 

nekojita

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It's short for a te-form (so te-forms that use de, like 飲んではいけません, are acceptable).

 

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Dante17

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Alrighty then thanks for all the help

 

LewiiG

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Dante17 said:

I use my phone so no kana on here :L

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iPhones have kana functionality! Keyboard settings somewhere you'll find it.