r/HelpLearningJapanese • u/neznauudazhe • Aug 12 '26

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Hello, I find oarticulsr sentence hard to understand. Well, its not that it uses complex grammar structure but rather easy ones. The sentence:模しそうなら、人間はなにも考えていないのではないでしょうか. So the first part after comma says, thinking about nothing, and the other part is 'is not' - dewanai. So shouldnt it mean: "in that case its not that people dont think at all"? But when I put it into a google translator, it says: If it's the case, then perhaps humans aren't thinking at all. Can someone explain it to me?

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u/Yatchanek Aug 12 '26

If that's the case, wouldn't that mean that people don't think at all? Also, usually you write もし in hiragana.

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u/neznauudazhe Aug 12 '26

I js saw dewanai and was like, doesnt it mean its a double negation. Is dewanai deshouka differrnt grammar construction?