Negativizes vs Negativized - What's the difference?
negativizes | negativized |
(negativize)
(grammar) To make negative.
* 2004 , Samuel Elmo Martin, A reference grammar of Japanese (page 80)
As verbs the difference between negativizes and negativized
is that negativizes is (negativize) while negativized is (negativize).negativizes
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Verb
(head)negativize
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Verb
(negativiz)- It is possible to negativize dame and say dame zya nai 'it isn't no-good', to deny dame' da; but you can not negativize ikenai, so that instead of *ikenaku nai you will say wa'ruku nai 'it isn't bad'.
