よみません Vs. よまない

[yorkii]

would somebody help me understand what the difference is between the topic title words please.

Ill provide an example:

たかかわ　マンガを　よみません

Tanaka wa manga o yomimasen

Tanaka doesn't read manga

and

たかかわ　マンガお　よまない

Tanaka wa manga o yomanai

Tanaka won't read manga

i have provided in blue what i think each means.

yorkii

[Mike Cash]

Six of one and half a dozen of the other. The two are equivalent in all but "politeness" level.

(And the "o" should be を not お)

[yorkii]

d'oh, good spot mike with the "o", i totally forgot..!

i thought as much. thank you for pointing this out to me

[Mike Cash]

Nothing to be embarassed about. You're nowhere near being the first to make that mistake.

[Damicci]

would somebody help me understand what the difference is between the topic title words please.

Ill provide an example:

たかかわ　マンガを　よみません

Tanaka wa manga o yomimasen

Tanaka doesn't read manga

and

たかかわ　マンガお　よまない

Tanaka wa manga o yomanai

Tanaka won't read manga

i have provided in blue what i think each means.

yorkii

Your also writing takaka in hiragana but in romaji your saying tanaka
hiragana should be たなか　田中

[yorkii]

i am useless hey..!

don't know what i was doing there.

i think i should proof read my messages that i write in hiragana in the future. (more than once as well.!) :happy:

at least i got the point across in the sentances even if i spelled poor Tanaka-san's name wrongly

hahaha

[Mike Cash]

And the "wa" (more often represented as "ha") marker should be hiragana は, not わ

[sketchytiger]

たかかわ　マンガを　よみません

Tanaka wa manga o yomimasen

Tanaka doesn't read manga

and

たかかわ　マンガお　よまない

Tanaka wa manga o yomanai

Tanaka won't read manga



The first one is politeness with the -masu form
The second one is for casual saying like talking with friends :cool:

...but i'm sure the -nai form is for "i want"...weird...@_@;;

[Glenn]

...but i'm sure the -nai form is for "i want"...weird...@_@;;

Nope. It's for negation. You're thinking of the tai form.

[yorkii]

Nope. It's for negation. You're thinking of the tai form.

very true


as in "nomitai desu" - want to drink