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negativizing

negativizing is the present participle and gerund of negativize.

Meaning of negativize

Verb

negativize (third-person singular simple present negativizes, present participle negativizing, simple past and past participle negativized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make negative.
    • It is possible to negativize dame and say dame zya nai 'it isn't no-good', to deny dame' da; but you can not negativize ikenai, so that instead of *ikenaku nai you will say wa'ruku nai 'it isn't bad'.2004, Samuel Elmo Martin, A reference grammar of Japanese, page 80

Questions about negativizing

What is negativizing the present participle and gerund of?
Negativizing is the present participle and gerund of negativize.

Words near negativizing in the dictionary

  1. negativization
  2. negativizations
  3. negativize
  4. negativized
  5. negativizes
  6. negativizing
  7. negativo
  8. negatize
  9. negatized
  10. negatizes
  11. negatizing

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