Break down this sentence: お金がなくて最近はほとんど食べていないのです。


I don't get how お金がなくて works in this phrase, can someone help me to break it
down... thank you!




なくて is the て form of ない, which is the negative of ある (to exist, to have). So:

> お金がない

Means "I don't have any money."

The て form in this case is used to link the verb to the rest of the sentence,
the way we use "and" or "so" in English.

> お金がなくて

"I don't have any money, and (so)..."

The て form doesn't always imply a causal relationship with the remainder of
the sentence, but in this case it does. "I don't have any money, so I've
barely been eating lately."




なくて is the て form of ない, which is the negative of ある (to exist, to have). So:

> お金がない

Means "I don't have any money."

The て form in this case is used to link the verb to the rest of the sentence,
the way we use "and" or "so" in English.

> お金がなくて

"I don't have any money, and (so)..."

The て form doesn't always imply a causal relationship with the remainder of
the sentence, but in this case it does. "I don't have any money, so I've
barely been eating lately."

