N2 grammar · Lesson 13

「かねる」「かねない」「がたい」「っこない」: hard to do

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「かねる」: can’t in your position (polite refusals); 「かねない」: something bad could happen; 「がたい」: hard to accept; casual 「っこない」: no way.

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In this lesson

  1. 01「かねる」: can’t in your position
  2. 02「かねない」: something bad might happen
  3. 03「がたい」: you can hardly bring yourself to
  4. 04「っこない」: no way …
  5. 05Compared with similar expressions
  6. 06In conversation and in writing

Practice

  • What does this sentence mean?
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read and answer the questions

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