Timeline for What exactly does いな mean in Japanese?
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| Dec 23, 2013 at 6:09 | comment | added | user1016 | @Meg We don't say [否]{いな} on its own in real conversation (at least in modern Japanese. I don't know about classic Japanese). I think I've seen it used on its own in essays or novels, like 「～～か？否。」to mean「～～か？いや違う。」 | |
| Dec 22, 2013 at 16:53 | comment | added | Sjiveru | @TokyoNagoya - If it's not archaic, it's still certainly unsuited to informal/colloquial speech. | |
| Dec 22, 2013 at 16:47 | comment | added | Meg | When is 否 on it's own normally used in modern japanese? or is it not normally used? | |
| Dec 22, 2013 at 16:27 | vote | accept | Meg | ||
| Dec 22, 2013 at 11:17 | comment | added | user4032 | It is hardly archaic. | |
| Dec 22, 2013 at 8:28 | comment | added | user1478 | There's also the verb 否む【いなむ】 (apparently from the classical 否ぶ【いなぶ】, a verb derived from 否【いな】). | |
| Dec 22, 2013 at 6:08 | history | answered | Sjiveru | CC BY-SA 3.0 |