〜もなんともない (~mo nan tomo nai) — not ~ at all
'Does it hurt?' 'Nope, not one bit!' — the spoken way to flatly deny what others assume.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
At the clinic a small child is scared before an injection. You laugh and show your arm: 「ほら、注射なんて痛くもなんともないよ」— 'Look, a shot doesn't hurt one bit!'
Meaning
When others assume 'surely it hurts, surely you're scared', 「〜もなんともない」cuts that down hard — 'nothing of the sort'.
How to attach
- Attach the く-form of an い-adjective + 「もなんともない」(痛くもなんともない), and 「たい」works the same way (行きたくもなんともない).
- な-adjectives and nouns take the shape 「〜でもなんでもない」(好きでもなんでもない).
Versus what you know
- N3「全然〜ない」「少しも〜ない」also mean 'not at all', but they are plain denials; 「もなんともない」carries a shrug or defiance: 'what are you talking about, nothing at all!'
- N2Don't confuse it with the 「〜っこない」(できっこない) — that's a guess that something 'can't possibly happen', while this is about your own feeling or experience now.
Watch out
- The key rule: this is casual talk with friends, usually with feelings and sensations like 痛い・怖い・寂しい・恥ずかしい・欲しい・おもしろい
- It doesn't attach straight to verbs (for verbs, see the next point, 「やしない」), and it isn't used in formal writing.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
ほら、注射なんて痛くもなんともないよ。
ほら、ちゅうしゃなんていたくもなんともないよ。
See? A shot doesn't hurt one bit.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 注射なんて = a shot (made light of) → 痛い = painful → く-form: 痛く → we attach 「もなんともない」 = doesn't hurt at all → 「よ」 reassures the child.
一人暮らしは寂しくもなんともない。むしろ気楽だよ。
ひとりぐらしはさびしくもなんともない。むしろきらくだよ。
Living alone isn't lonely at all. If anything, it's relaxing.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 一人暮らし = living alone → 寂しい = lonely → く-form: 寂しく → 「もなんともない」= not at all (rejects what others assume) → むしろ気楽 = if anything, it's relaxing.
あんな高いバッグ、別に欲しくもなんともない。
あんなたかいバッグ、べつにほしくもなんともない。
That expensive bag? I don't want it in the least.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) あんな高いバッグ = that expensive bag → 別に = not particularly → 欲しい = wanted → く-form: 欲しく → 「もなんともない」= don't want it at all → a bit of stubbornness shows too.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「お化け屋敷なんて、__もなんともないよ。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint: Which form of the い-adjective?
い-adj く + もなんともない. 怖くもなんともない = not scary at all.
In which sentence is 「もなんともない」unnatural?
💡 Hint: Does it attach straight to a verb?
もなんともない attaches to the く-form of an い-adjective, not to verbs. For 'never reads it' say 「読みやしない」.
Which is closest in meaning to 「痛くもなんともない」?
💡 Hint: Your own feeling right now — none at all.
痛くもなんともない = 少しも痛くない (doesn't hurt at all). 「はずがない」is a guess about what can't happen, and 「てたまらない」is unbearable pain — the opposite.
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