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もない? What does this mean here?
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もない? What does this mean here?
So I'm looking for sentence examples with new vocab, the word being 考える.. that has nothing to do with this.. but it seems to be follow something here that I don't understand.. もない
それは大変おそろしいので、それを考えたく「もない」。
They translated it as "It is so dreadful that I don't want to think of it."
I understand the other parts of the sentence, just have no idea what もない is doing.. maybe there's not enough context or something? I know も means also and ない is more than likely ある, so maybe they "also don't want to think of it?"
それは大変おそろしいので、それを考えたく「もない」。
They translated it as "It is so dreadful that I don't want to think of it."
I understand the other parts of the sentence, just have no idea what もない is doing.. maybe there's not enough context or something? I know も means also and ない is more than likely ある, so maybe they "also don't want to think of it?"

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QuakerBits - Posts: 36
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Re: もない? What does this mean here?
Both clauses have negative senses. So you use も to soften the second negation slightly.
は signals special information, and も ordinary. Both are frequently used with negation.
The も can also mean even. I (don't want to do ..., and I )don't even want to think about it.
は signals special information, and も ordinary. Both are frequently used with negation.
The も can also mean even. I (don't want to do ..., and I )don't even want to think about it.
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Re: もない? What does this mean here?
oh oh, I was way off(: thanks for the explanation !!
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QuakerBits - Posts: 36
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Re: もない? What does this mean here?
While "and I don't even want to think about it" is perhaps the more natural translation, I believe it could also be interpreted as "and I don't want to think about it either", with the も being "either".
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