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"長くないですか？"
Translation:Isn't it long?
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The other option I got was "brother"... There's something wrong I can feel it
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Sharad is right. In English Isn't it long means it IS long, which is the opposite of what they mean.
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I'm not 100% sure of it (I'll have to ask some native friends to confirm), but I'd say I've seen Japanese people using negative questions just in the same way than in English, so here the translation "Isn't it wrong?" should be perfectly correct
I think so, or maybe "it isn't long?"
"Isn't it long?" has the same meaning as "it's long, isn't it?" which I think would translate to ね at the end instead of か.
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"It's not long, is it? " would be "長くないですね".
By asking "長くないですか", the querant thinks it is long and is politely asking for agreement: "Isn't it long?"
Possible responses:
Agree: はい、長いです。
Disagree: いいえ、長くないです。
長くない = ながくない (not long)
長い = ながい (long)
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Ok, come on guys, such a sentence and no wisecracks in the discussions? What's wrong, you guys tired or something? I mean, why do I even trouble myself with reading the discussion thread, if there aren't any witty remarks....
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I mean, if you haven't seen the Sakeru Gummy commercials... what I said doesn't make sense :P
Can't the answer to this also be "Aren't they long?", for example, if your friend is trying some pants on?
"Arent they long" could be translated as 長いですね
I think 長くないですね is more natural. It would mean "these arent long, don't you agree?"
No. The か implies a question and makes this a roundabout way of saying something IS long.
Hmm yeah I'm sure that I put an opposite one where it's the guy speaking put of desperation but can't find it... Why would duo delete it!?
With my very limited understanding of Japanese, i took this to mean, "Is it not long?" Which may not be real common in english, but makes sense.
So the thing to remember about Japanese is that it is usually very indirect. That's why the literal translation doesn't work here. They have the right translation for this.
What is this supposed to be saying. Is this meant as another way of saying that the thing in question is long, or is the person honestly asking about its length?
If you answered yes you’d be saying it was long. It could still be an honest question though if the questioner was uncertain.
If you're doing a literal translation, yes, but translating the meaning behind it instead of the literal words is important when learning a language. Otherwise you talk like Google translate. In this case I'd support this translation. Though they do do some weird things some times.
It would be if the question in Japanese were "Is it long?"
長い = long
長くない = not long
It isn't long? seems more accurate an English translation. 'Isn't it long?' would be better expressed in English as 'It's long, isn't it?' or 'isn't it a bit long?' which would be 'nagai desu ne'.
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I'm not sure, but I think the く makes it the adjective version of 長, not the "leader" meaning (おさ).
Can't this literaly significate "am I not long?" Cuz there's no subject
