To conjugate to the negative state-of-being, just add `じゃない` to the end: ## Example: ``` 学生じゃない Translation: Is not Student Kanji used: 学生 = がくせい, meaning Student ``` --- ## Explanation In Japanese, negative and past tense are all expressed by conjugation. Every noun and adjective can be conjugated to either declare that something _is not [X]_ or that something _was [X]_ **but** none of these are making something declarative like using `だ` as in [[State of Being]] ### Related to [[State of Being]]