2. Can you tell someone that they call your name by the wrong name in Japanese?
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"N1 wa N2 dewa arimasen," is used to express a negative sentence. It's the opposite of the affirmative sentence pattern, "N1 wa N2 desu." Let's look at some examples:
Watashi wa Maiku dewa arimasen. (I am not Mike.)
Watashi wa nihonjin dewa arimasen. (I am not Japanese.)
Watashi wa gakusē dewa arimasen. (I am not a student.)
You can use this pattern with people's names or pronouns as N1. However, it's not polite to use pronouns like "anata/anatatachi" to refer to someone senior to you. Instead, you should use their surname with "-san." For example, if someone's name is Tanaka, you should call them "Tanaka-san." If you want to address a group of people, you can use "minasan (everyone)."
In daily conversation, we also use "N1 wa N2 ja arimasen" instead of "N1 wa N2 dewa arimasen." For example:
Watashi wa Maiku ja arimasen. (I am not Mike.)
That's all there is to it! With this pattern, you can easily make negative sentences in Japanese.
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