Home Forums The Japanese Language では vs じゃ with ありません and such

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    MikkoSpoo
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    Hi,

    Back in the days when I studied Japanese at University (as side courses, not as major/minor or anything), we used では ありません for negated copula. Same for ではない etc. TextFugu uses じゃありません.

    What is the difference between these?

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    Joel
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    じゃ is an abbreviation for では, and so a hair less formal. You’d typically use じゃ when speaking and では when writing.

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