I75: Kite ikanai to

[andycarmenjapanese8100]

I75:

9. 浩二: あっ！ワイシャツにアイロンはかけといたのか？明日は大事な営業があるんだから、しっかりアイロンかけたシャツを着ていかないと。
9. KŌJI: A! waishatsu ni airon wa kaketoita no ka? Ashita wa daiji na eigyō ga aru n da kara, shikkari airon kaketa shatsu o kite ikanai to.
7. KOJI: Hey! Did you iron my shirt? I have a big sales deal tomorrow, so I have to wear a crisply ironed shirt.

I'm told this is like "~nai to ikenai" - "kinai to ikenai."

However, I'm also told that "~te ikanai to" is not a form that you can use with all verbs. For example "kite ikanai to" is correct but "yasai o tabete ikanai to (I must eat vegatables)" is incorrect.

So, when is it correct, when is it incorrect?

[community.japanese]

andycarmenjapanese8100 san,
konnichiwa.
そのシャツを着ないといけない means “have to wear the shirt”and そのシャツを着て行かないといけない means “have to wear the shirt and go”.
着て行かない means “don’t go with the shirt but wear another shirt”
Is that clear?
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

[andycarmenjapanese8100]

andycarmenjapanese8100 san,
konnichiwa.
そのシャツを着ないといけない means “have to wear the shirt”and そのシャツを着て行かないといけない means “have to wear the shirt and go”.
着て行かない means “don’t go with the shirt but wear another shirt”
Is that clear?
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

But if you look at the kanji, the phrase isn't [着て行かないと」. The phrase is [着ていかないと」. I was told by a Japanese friend that it it isn't 「行く」 and doesn't mean [go].

However, if my friend is wrong and it is 「行く」 and does mean [go] then why isn't it written in kanji?

[community.japanese]

andycarmenjapanese8100 san,
konnichiwa.
Even though kanji 行く is not used, the meaning is “go”.
I don't know why however, some people don’t use kanji...
Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

[andycarmenjapanese8100]

Thanks Yuki, that explains it.

[community.japanese]

andycarmenjapanese8100 san,
konnichiwa.
Douitashimashite. You are welcome.

Yuki 由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com