hardly possible
cannot be
highly unlikely
improbable
Structure
- Verb + はず・が・ない
- いAdj + はず・が・ない
- Noun + の・はず・が・ない
- なAdj + な・はず・が・ない
The “About” section defines the " ない " as an い-adjective.
I thought it was just the verb ある in it’s negative form, ない.
Or am I misunderstanding some stuff about ない as a verb/aux verb/adjective and the differences therein?
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Hey @CroAniki !
When ない is used as to negate a verb, it is considered as a verb (食べない、飲まない), but when it is used as the negative conjugation of ある, it is considered as a い-adjective (寒くない、寒くはない、味がない).
There are several ways that you can see if the ない used is a verb or an adjective. If you can replace the ない with a ぬ, it is a verb. If it follows an adjective, は, が, or a も, it is an adjective!
I hope this helps!
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Woah! This feels like secret back-end information (but it’s probably something I should’ve consolidated waaay before), thanks heaps!
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