Japanese Lesson 22: Nai-Form

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This lesson covers the “nai-form”. With this conjugation, you will be able to negate verbs.

Notes:
Regular I
まちます　ー＞　またない / to wait → to not wait
とります　ー＞　とらない / to take → to not take
およぎます　ー＞　およがない / to swim → to not swim
あいます　ー＞　あわない / to meet → to not meet (special case)
かえります　ー＞　かえらない / to return → to not return
あそびます　ー＞　あそばない / to play → to not play
のみます　ー＞　のまない / to drink → to not drink
かいます　ー＞　かわない / to buy → to not buy (special case)
かきます　ー＞　かかない / to write → to not write

Regular II
たべます　ー＞　たべない / to eat → to not eat
みます　ー＞　みない / to see → to not see
あけます　ー＞　あけない / to open → to not open
あげます　ー＞　あげない / to give → to not give
とどけます　ー＞　とどけない / to deliver → to not deliver
しめます　ー＞　しめない / to close → to not close

Irregular Verbs
します　ー＞　しない / to do → to not do
きます　ー＞　こない / to come → to not come

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