まったく~ない
mattaku ~nai
JLPT N3 Neutral
Formation
まったく + Verb-negative, まったく + い-Adjective-negative, まったく + な-Adjective-negative
Completely not; not at all.
When to use
まったく~ない: not at all; less casual than ぜんぜん.
Explanation
The まったく~ない grammar point is used to express that something is not the case at all, or to emphasize the negativity of a situation or action. It is used with negative forms of verbs, い-adjectives, and な-adjectives. It can be translated as 'completely not' or 'not at all' in English.
Example sentences
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He doesn't remember at all.
Kare wa, mattaku oboete inai.
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This room is not warm at all.
Kono heya wa mattaku atatakakunai.
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She is not late at all.
Kanojo wa mattaku okurete inai.
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This is not convenient at all.
Kore wa mattaku benri de wa nai.
Negation Intensity (Not Very / Not At All)
- ぜんぜん~zenzen~N5Used to express 'not at all' or 'completely' in negative…
- すこしも〜ないsukoshimo~naiN3Express a negative state or action; 'not at all', 'none…
- 決して~ないkesshite ~ naiN3Express 'never', 'by no means', or 'not at all' when…
- あまり~ありませんamari ~ arimasenN5Express 'not very', 'not much', or 'not really' when…
- そんなに~sonna ni〜N4Expresses 'not so much', 'not that', or 'not so ~'.
Corpus examples (60)
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I don't know them at all.
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I don't have any money on me.
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I don't have any money.
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I can't play the piano at all. I'm all thumbs.
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Tom doesn't have any money.
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Everything's a little crazy right now.
まったく・・・つきあいが長くなってくると、どいつもこいつもお前に毒される。
Oh boy ... when they hang out with you for long everyone ends up picking up your bad habits.
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The twins look exactly alike.
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Her mother lives in the country all by herself.
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Whatever I say, he has a comeback ready. You can't get a word in edgewise.
患者はまったく絶望だったので、医者はそれ以上しようがなかった。
The patient was quite beyond help, so that the doctors could do no more.
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I don't understand a thing about that result.
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That is exactly the same idea as I have.
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It is not probable that he will get well.
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He exhibited no remorse for his crime.
ホーキングは、その本の執筆を始めたとき、手で書くことがまったくできなかった。
When he started the book, Hawking was unable to write by hand at all.
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The translation is quite true to the original.
私はスペイン語がまったく理解できなかったのでメキシコで大変な苦労を経験した。
I had a difficult time in Mexico because I couldn't understand all of the Spanish.
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I am quite ignorant of French.
男と女のあいだの友情はあり得ない。情欲、敵意、賛美や愛情こそあれど、友情はまったくないのである。
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with his deed.
そんな事実にまったく悪びれることなく、千歳は今日も元気に過ごしております。
Without flinching from that fact in the slightest, Chitose is spending today as well in fine spirit.
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Your plan to purchase another PC will not be a problem at all.
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She had never spoken to him before that time.
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He knows nothing about politics.