i-adjective + noun: is there a difference which part negate?


Is the following two sentence correct? And is the translate correct too?:

それ は おそ **くない** くるま です。- That car is not slow.

それ は おそい くるま **じゃ ありません** 。- That car is not slow.

Or has it somthing difference in the meaning?

Which negation is recommended to use?




For:

> それ は おそくない くるま です。

the basic sentence is

> それは くるま です  
>  That is a car.

But おそくない modifies くるま to give "that is a car which is not slow".

For:

> それ は おそい くるま じゃ ありません。

the basic sentence is

> それは くるま じゃありません  
>  That is not a car

But おそい modifies くるま to give "that is not a car which is slow".

So the main difference is that in the first sentence you are asserting that it
**is** a car with some property (lack of slowness) and in the second sentence
you are asserting that it **is not** a car with some property (slowness).

Which one to use would depend on what you wanted to emphasise.




For:

> それ は おそくない くるま です。

the basic sentence is

> それは くるま です  
>  That is a car.

But おそくない modifies くるま to give "that is a car which is not slow".

For:

> それ は おそい くるま じゃ ありません。

the basic sentence is

> それは くるま じゃありません  
>  That is not a car

But おそい modifies くるま to give "that is not a car which is slow".

So the main difference is that in the first sentence you are asserting that it
**is** a car with some property (lack of slowness) and in the second sentence
you are asserting that it **is not** a car with some property (slowness).

Which one to use would depend on what you wanted to emphasise.

