ぜんぜん~

zenzen~

JLPT N5 Casual Chapter 25: How often, how much, 8 of 11

Formation

ぜんぜん + [Negative verb/adjective]

Used to express 'not at all' or 'completely' in negative sentences.

When to use

The everyday, common "not at all" - very frequent in speech.

Explanation

The ぜんぜん grammar point is used to emphasize a negative statement and can be translated as 'not at all' or 'completely (in negative sense)'. It is commonly used with negative verbs or negative forms of adjectives, placed before the negative part.

Example sentences

Negation Intensity (Not Very / Not At All)

Corpus examples (28)

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