Tell me more ×  Is it なしかりたらず as a usual し adjective? Or is it
something weirder? I need this for a skit.  share|improve this
question How about「なかりけり」? –  ちょこれーと Mar 22 at 0:00 Which kind
are you refering to ?… –  oldergod Mar 22 at 1:16 終止形 of course,
in usual Classical Japanese. Not Old Japanese (上代日本語)... – 
user54609 Mar 22 at 1:19 @EricDong Are you sure that you want
past negative? What would that mean for nasi? Consider modern
atui "hot". Past negative would be atukunakatta "was not hot".
Using the same pattern, modern past negative for nai is
nakunakatta. What are you trying to say? It may help if you
provide a few lines of the skit that you are creating. Note that
the suggested nakarikeri (=nakatta) is past, not past negative.
Also nakariki is recollectional past, not past negative. –  Dono
Mar 22 at 2:11 I was trying to say "this thing did not exist".
–  user54609 Mar 22 at 14:36 add comment  1 Answer  up vote 3
down vote accepted   share|improve this answer I see that you
used the "quote" markup. I