Koko ni okanaide kudasai
The negative te-form can be used when you want to demand or request someone not to do something.
| Short form | Long form | |
|---|---|---|
| Affirmative | kaku | kakimasu |
| Negative | kakanai | kakimasen |
| Past affirmative | kaita | kakimashita |
| Past negative | kakanakatta | kakimasendeshita |
| te-form | kaite | – |
| Negative te-form | Kakanaide | – |
How to make negative te-form
U-verb
Add anaide to stems.
kaku >>> kak >>> kakanaide
IRUERU-verb
Add naide to stems.
taberu >>> tabe >>> tabenaide
Exceptional verb
suru >>> shinaide
kuru >>> konaide
How to use negative te-form
Only the negative te-form can express a negative demand, such as a prohibition. Adding ‘kudasai’ after the negative te-form makes the expression more polite. Although the negative te-form can also function as a conjunction, similar to a gerund in English, this lesson focuses solely on its use in expressing demands.
ikanaide = Don’t go.
ikanaide kudasai = Please don’t go.
baggu o koko ni okanaide kudasai.
Koko ni kuruma o tomenaide kudasai.
Mada tabenaide.
Word
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| baggu | bag |
| oku | put |
| tomeru | park |
| kiru | cut |
| hana | flower |
| sawaru | touch |
| hairu | enter |
Exercise
Question
- Please do not write your name here.
- Do not cut the flowers.
- Please do not touch.
- Please do not enter.
Answer
- Koko ni namae o kakanaide kudasai.
- Hana o kiranaide kudasai.
- Sawaranaide kudasai.
- Hairanaide kudasai.