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- "きたないです。"
"きたないです。"
Translation:It is dirty.
June 22, 2017
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N1chope
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Fun fact: when I was I child I used to use "telligent" as an antonym of "intelligent" (but in Spanish) :D
“きた” does not mean clean. “きたない” is its own is a word that means dirty. Its negative form is “きたなくない”. It’s the same with adjectives like “あぶない”- it doesn’t mean not safe, it just means dangerous. Think of English words like “destroy” or “understand”- they aren’t the opposite of “stroy” or “derstand”, but rather their own words.
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Love the words "stroy" and "derstand" though, and I am going to incorporate them into my vocabulary just to annoy people...