Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 Grammar – ものか (mono ka)

08/12/2020Updated 04/09/20211 min read

Translated from the Vietnamese original. View the original.

Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 Grammar – ものか (mono ka)
Here is Japanese N3 grammar study material taken from the Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 textbook.

57. ~ものか
a. Structure:
Noun + な / [Verb / い-adjective / な-adjective] noun-modifying form + ものか

b. Meaning: I will certainly not do that (strong negative feeling) (used in speech)

あんなまずい店、二度と行くものか。
An’na mazui mise, nidoto iku mono ka.
I will never go back a second time to a shop that bad.

負けるもんか!今度は絶対勝つぞ。
Makeru mon ka! Kondo wa zettai katsu zo.
I will not lose! This time I will definitely win.

「いい会社に入れてよかったな」「いいもんか。毎日残業で、土日も休みなしだよ」
`Ī kaisha ni irete yokatta na’`ī mon ka. Mainichi zangyō de, donichi mo yasumi nashida yo’
「How great that you got into such a good company」「Not at all. I have to do overtime every day, and I cannot even take Saturdays and Sundays off」

「あの人、努力家よね」「努力家なもんか。要領がいいだけだよ」
`Ano hito, doryoku-ka yo ne’`doryoku-kana mon ka. Yōryōgaī dakeda yo’
「That person is a hard worker, is he not」「Not at all. He is just good at making it look that way」

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