父(ちち) chichiは wa酒(さけ) sakeも mo飲(の)ま() nomaなければ nakereba煙草(たばこ) tabakoも mo吸(す)わ()な()い() suwanai。 My father neither drinks nor smokes. Literal Father [topic-は] alcohol [also-も] drink-not [if-なければ] tobacco [also-も] smoke-not. ~も~なければ~も~ない is the 'neither X nor Y' pattern. Literally 'if he doesn't drink, he also doesn't smoke.' An elegant double negation structure. familyhealthalcoholconditionalも (also/too)~ば (conditional)
父(ちち) chichiは wa酒(さけ) sakeも mo飲(の)ま() nomaなければ nakereba煙草(たばこ) tabakoも mo吸(す)わ()な()い() suwanai。 My father neither drinks nor smokes. Literal Father [topic-は] alcohol [also-も] drink-not [if-なければ] tobacco [also-も] smoke-not. ~も~なければ~も~ない is the 'neither X nor Y' pattern. Literally 'if he doesn't drink, he also doesn't smoke.' An elegant double negation structure. familyhealthalcoholconditionalも (also/too)~ば (conditional)