ぜんぜん ((Not) at all)

(Not) at all

JLPT N4
Pattern

ぜんぜん + negative

How it works

ぜんぜん with a negative means “not at all”: ぜんぜんわからない. It is stronger than あまり～ない. In casual speech it is sometimes used with positives to mean “totally fine”.

Examples

  • フランス語は ぜんぜん わかりません。I don't understand French at all.
  • きのうは ぜんぜん ねむれなかった。I couldn't sleep at all last night.

Related grammar

Further reading

Bunpro N4 · Lesson 3

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