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verb negative form +と = must + verb?

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wildjasmin296741
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verb negative form +と = must + verb?

Postby wildjasmin296741 » January 22nd, 2014 1:58 am

こんばんは、

I read a dialogue today, and noticed that "verb negative form + と" were used twice:

A: 今晩10時から日本とブラジルのサッカーの試合がありますね。
B: ああ、そうですね。ぜひ見ないと…。サントスさんはどちらが勝つと思いますか。
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A:ええ、わたしもそう思いますが、…。あ、もう帰らないと…。
B: そうですね。じゃ、帰りましょう。

It seems to me, 見ないと means "must watch it"; 帰らないと means "must go home, should go home."
I cannot find any grammar rule for ".verbないと," I wonder if this is some kind of simplified form.

Thanks,

Jasmine

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Re: verb negative form +と = must + verb?

Postby neige_schnee » January 22nd, 2014 4:38 am

Hello Jasmine san,

A ないとis shortened forms of ないといけない and なければならない which means "must do A"
Construction
AVerb: ない form + と
Example:
急がないと (must hurry)

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wildjasmin296741
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Re: verb negative form +と = must + verb?

Postby wildjasmin296741 » January 23rd, 2014 3:25 am

ああ、簡略です。分かりました。由紀さん、ありがとうございます。

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Re: verb negative form +と = must + verb?

Postby community.japanese » January 23rd, 2014 12:16 pm

wildjasmin296741-san,
just to add a bit, ~ないと is a casual shorten version.
The dialogue was an informal conversation, right?
~ないといけない is already informal/casual way and from there いけない was dropped.

Formal ways are ~なければならない or なければいけない :wink:

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