Don’t do this in Japanese!

Learn Japanese the easy way! Your Japanese is doing very well. But there is still much to learn. Do you know how to politely ask someone not to do something? For example, can you say “Please don’t smoke here” in Japanese? Also, if you want to ask someone not to drink, you need to know how to refer to alcohol in Japanese.

You’ll find everything you need right here in this article for Japanese beginners! You will learn to politely ask someone not to do something using naide kusasai. Master the Japanese words for “say”, “write”, “wait” and much, much more. As a bonus, learn kakkowarui and kakkoowarui to talk about what’s not cool, and reason, which means “alcohol” in Japanese. This is a cool Japanese item!

Vocabulary: In this Japanese article, you will learn the following words and phrases:

suu – “smoke, inhale” (verb class 1)

urusai – “noisy, noisy” (adjective-i)

kuroozetto – “wardrobe”

for love – “alcohol, sake”

dasu – “to take out, to produce” (verb class 1)

cute – “ear”

fuzakeru – “fool” (verb class 2)

hontoo nor – “really, really” (adverb)

komaru – “get upset, have a problem” (verb class 1)

iu – “speak, say” (verb class 1)

chi – “blood”

taoreru – “fall, collapse” (verb class 2)

utsu – “hit” (verb class 1)

kakko warui – “unattractive, unattractive” (i-adjective)

Grammar: In this Japanese article, you will learn the following words and phrases:

Useful phrases and vocabulary

for love

Reason generally means “alcohol” in general. Often follows the polite prefix or. The Japanese “rice wine” is called nihon-shu.

  1. reason – “alcohol”
  2. nihon-shu – “Japanese rice wine” / “sake”

kakkowarui

Kakko is a shortened form of kakkoo, which means “form”, “appearance” or “manner”. Warui means “bad” in English and is a -I adjective ending. Kakkowarui gold kakkoowarui it’s a -I ending adjective that corresponds to “uncool”, “unattractive” or “ugly” in English. The opposite word is kakkoii gold kakkoyoi. See article for newbies Nihongo Doojoo – Welcome to Style You 13 for more details!

Today’s destiny phrase

Fuzakenaide kudasai.

We call the conjugation of verbs “-nai form “or” simple negative form not passed “is today’s grammar point. by kudasai after the –nai form of a verb, you can ask someone to refrain from doing something.

Verb conjugation of negative plain not past (in dictionary form)

Class 1 verbs (-your verbs)

  1. Release the final sound -u
  2. Add –a nai

“English” / Dictionary form / Simple negative form

“to write” / kaku / kakanai

“talk” / hanasu / hanasanai

“expect” / matsu / matanai

“To die” / shinu / Shinanai

“to drink” / nomu / nomanai

“to make” / tsukuru / tsukuranai

“to swim” / oyogu / Oyoganai

“invite” / I bu / yobanai

For class 1 verbs that have dictionary forms ending in hiragana u, we add –wanai instead of anai.

Class 2 verbs (-ru verbs)

  1. Release the final ru sound
  2. Add nai

“English” / Dictionary form / Simple negative form

“eat” / taberu / tabenai

“to sleep” / neru / baby

Class 3 verbs (Irregular verbs)

“English” / Dictionary form / Simple negative form

“do” / suru / shinai

“come” / kuru / konai

Exceptions

“English” / Dictionary form / Simple negative form

“exist” / aru / nai

naide kusasai. / Please no —.

[non-past plain negative form of a verb] more kudasai.

“Please no [verb]. “

We use this sentence pattern to make a polite request not to do something.

Sentences from today’s dialogue:

  1. suu “to smoke” (Class 1suwanai)
    Tabako or suwanaide kudasai.

    “Please don’t smoke.”

  2. akeru “to open” (Class 2akenai)
    Kuroozetto or akenaide kudasai.

    “Please don’t open the closet.”

  3. nomu “to drink” (Class 1nomanai)
    O-sake or nomanaide kudasai.

    “Please don’t drink alcohol.”

  4. dasu “to produce” (Class 1dasanai)
    Ookii koe or dasanaide kudasai.

    “Please don’t speak out loud.”

  5. fuzakeru “to joke” (Class 2fuzakenai)
    Fuzakenaide kudasai.

    “Please don’t joke.”

  6. iu “say calculate” (Class 1iwanai)
    Iwanaide kudasai.

    “Please don’t say / say something.”

Practice 1: Fill in the blanks to complete the table.

“English” / Dictionary form / Simple negative form / Masu shape

“listen” / kiku / kikanai / kikimasu

“to lend” / kasu / Kasanai / kashimasu

“stand” / tatanai / tatanai / tachimasu

“read” / yomu / yomanai / yomimasu

“understand” / wakaru / wakaranai / wakarimasu

“eat” / taberu / tabenai / tabemasu

“do” / suru / shinai / shimasu

“come” / kuru / konai / kimasu

Practice 2:

Rewrite the sentences using the –naide kudasai construction.

1) terebi or miru

2) eigo or hanasu * eigo (*English)

3) warau * warau (* to laugh)

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