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Example 5: If

Example 5:
If 「朝ご飯を食べるんじゃなかった」 means "I shouldn't have eaten breakfast, you know" how to say "I didn't eat breakfast, you know"? Maybe you would have to use the 「食べなかったんだ」-form?

Example 2:
「今、授業があるんじゃない」 Can you use 「今、授業がないの」instead?


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