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Absolute Beginner #25 - Asking Someone Not To Do Something in Japanese - Lesson Notes
Absolute Beginner #25 - Asking Someone Not To Do Something in Japanese - Lesson Notes
CONTENTS
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Kanji
Kana
Romanization
English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar
25
KANJI
1.
KANA
1.
ROMANIZATION
1.
Ikanaide kudasai.
ENGLISH
1.
VOCABULARY
Kanji
Kana
R omaji
English
shinpai suru
to worry; V3
hairu
hashiru
to run; V1
nimotsu
luggage, baggage
enryo suru
to hesitate, to be
humble; V3
heya
room
SAMPLE SENTENCES
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Shinpai shinaide.
Don't worry.
Hashiranaide kudasai.
Enryo shinaide.
Don't hesitate.
GRAMMAR
T he Focus of T his Le sson is Asking Some one Not t o Do Some t hing in Japane se
Now that we know how to use the te-form of a verb to ask something to do something,
we can change the te-form into the negative form to ask someone not to do something.
Te lling Some one Not t o Do Some t hing
To tell someone not to do something, we put the verb into the informal negative form
and then add de kudasai (). Let's quickly review how to make this negative
form:
Class 1 ve rbs (- u ve rbs)
1.
2.
Add -a nai
English
"to run"
hashiru
hashiranai
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"to go"
iku
ikanai
"to speak"
hanasu
hanasanai
"to buy"
kau
kawanai *
* For the class 1 verbs that have dictionary forms ending in hiragana u (), we add -wanai
() instead of anai ().
2.
Add nai
English
"to eat"
taberu
tabenai
"to see"
miru
minai
"to do"
suru
shinai
kuru
konai
"to come"
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Adding -de kudasai () to the negative form of the verb creates a formal
command:
[ inf ormal ne gat ive f orm of ve rb ] + de kudasai "Please do not [verb]"
Dict ionary Form
+ de kudasai
[ iku]
"to go"
ikanai
(
)
ikanai de (kudasai)
[ miru]
"to see"
minai
()
minai de (kudasai)
[ enryo
suru]
"to hesistate"
enryo shinai
(
)
enryo shinai de
kudasai
Translat ion
"(Please) do not
hesitate"
Some Example s:
1.
:
Mitsuoka (chichi): S , haitte, nimotsu o oite. Enryo shinai de kudasai ne.
Mr. Mitsuoka: "Come in and put your stuff down. Please don't hesitate."
2.
:
Ashur: Shinpai shinai de kudasai.
Ashley: "Please don't worry about me."
3.
Hashiranai de kudasai.
"Please don't run."
4.
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