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15:46 Mar 13, 2011
Japanese to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Japanese term or phrase: nande netenai
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Why aren't you sleeping?
transjapan
5Why aren't you asleep?
Jeremy Rosenberg
4Why aren't you in bed?
Kyoko Loverin
4 -1Why you not sleep?
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Why aren't you asleep?


Explanation:
quite common Japanese

Jeremy Rosenberg
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Why you not sleep?


Explanation:
An alternative only

Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Local time: 11:23
Native speaker of: Native in ThaiThai
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Katalin Horvath McClure: Incorrect English.
34 mins
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Why aren't you in bed?


Explanation:
Depending on the context, it could be "why aren't you asleep" such as when a kid is awake midnight or "why aren't you in bed (why aren't you lying down) such as when someone is sick.

Kyoko Loverin
United States
Local time: 00:23
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Why aren't you sleeping?


Explanation:
This is an informal way of asking someone, maybe a child or a friend, implying either they should be asleep at that time, or that you want to know what's preventing them from sleeping (as in "why can't you sleep?"

Example sentence(s):
  • Mada okite iru no? Nande nette inai?
transjapan
Local time: 22:23
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mogg
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Voters for reclassification
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PRO / non-PRO
Non-PRO (3): Katalin Horvath McClure, Julian Rippon, Peishun CHIANG


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Mar 14, 2011 - Changes made by Peishun CHIANG:
LevelPRO => Non-PRO


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