Monday, August 6, 2007

Grammar a Day - Level 1 - でなくては (denakuteha)

でなくては (denakuteha) - if not.. then noone


--- Examples ---
こんなおいしい料理は母親でなくては作れない。
Noone but mother could make this delicious food

そうでなくては話にならない。
There is no point in discussing it unless that would be the case.

どんなにお金があっても健康でなくては人間は幸福に暮らせない。
No matter how rich one may be, one cannot live happily without health.

栗は少なくとも15分は茹でなくてはいけない。
Chestnuts have to be boiled for at least fifteen minutes.

君たち学生は勤勉でなくてはならない。
You students are supposed to be diligent.

食物は生きるうえでなくてはならない。
Food is essential to life.

約束には忠実でなくてはいけない。
You must be faithful to your word.

君でなくてはこの本は書けない。
Nobody except you can write this book.

--- Comments ---
でなくては書けない=だけが書ける=以外には書けない=をおいて他には書けない
can be used for #5459, and with appropriate modification for #5017,but note
that they are not ready replacements for other examples.

You may want to think why. (contributor: bamboo4)

what's up with no one being misspelled twice? (contributor: Claytonain)

its waiting for you to edit + correct claytonian. feel free to improve the
content... (contributor: dc)

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