Re: [Lingo] explanation for いなくて寂しい

[steve <sjs@example.com>]

On 09/11/2015 11:31 PM, Jim Breen wrote:
> On 12 September 2015 at 14:30, steve<sjs@example.com>  wrote:
> > >Can someone explain this expression to me.  Since いなくて is the
> > >negative te form of いる and 寂しい means lonely, it seems like
> > >いなくて＋寂しい should mean "to be not + lonely."  Is this just one of
> > >those quirks of the language or am I missing something?

> "Being without" -> "lonely".

Ahh -- that makes sense.  Thank you Jim.