"きたなくないですか?"

Translation:Isn't it dirty?

July 7, 2017

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/yagito1

The sentence doesnt indicate which word means dirty


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/KagayakuSeiza

きたない means dirty. きたなくない is its negative form (i.e. not dirty). い adjectives change to negative when い is replaced with くない.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/lilmndesdes

I think what yagito meant was that the dots that help tell you a new word did not say that 「きたなくない」meant dirty. It gave other options such as: have/has, came; to be here and postage stamp even if you clicked different parts of it. That's what had happened to me at least.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/V2Blast

きたなくない means "not dirty", but I get what you mean.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/dippindots391

I didn't get the option for dirty when selecting the word...


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/HikariTennyo

Right, it mistakes it for have been/came


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Satoharu_K

汚くないですか


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/insincere

Probably should be reported


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Kristina487933

Why wouldn't it be "is it clean?" or "Is it not dirty?" I don't understand how to know it's more of an exclamation and not a literal question.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mocky55

Couldn't this also translate as "Aren't you dirty?"?

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