少なくない すくなくない - Grammar Discussion

Grammar Points
#1

quite a few
quite a lot
many
not a few
not a little

Structure

  • Noun + は/が/も + 少なくない

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#2

Could けっこう be used here as well, instead of すくなくない?

#3

It can’t be used in this expression since 結構 is an adjective that can be used as an adverb too, where as 少なくない (or “fewn’t” as I like to think about it) is just a set expression. Look at example sentences, and you’ll see that 結構 can be usually found at the start of a sentence, while 少なくない is typically more in the end due to what part of speech they are.

Hope this helps!

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#4

I’m glad someone else does this!

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#5

Sorry to bump this

About this sentence:

ハセガワ：「僕()は友達()が少( )なくない よ。」
Hasegawa: ‘I have quite a few friends.’

I tried translating it using a couple different sites, and they all gave me the opposite meaning (“I don’t have many friends.”). Which one is correct?