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Anonymous commented at 2011-01-18 01:54:40 » #585882
In casual speech, ては may be shortened to ちゃ (cha), and では may be shortened to じゃ (ja). Also, だめ (dame), which roughly means "no good" and is often written ダメ especially in exclamations, can be used instead of いけない, and is even more informal. All variants can be used in the past tense to say that something was not allowed.
さわってはいけません must not/ do not touch
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In casual speech, ては may be shortened to ちゃ (cha), and では may be shortened to じゃ (ja). Also, だめ (dame), which roughly means "no good" and is often written ダメ especially in exclamations, can be used instead of いけない, and is even more informal. All variants can be used in the past tense to say that something was not allowed.
さわってはいけません must not/ do not touch
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