Classroom 3

Please don’t do that!
When you ask someone to not do something in Japanese, you combine the plain form verb with ない and でください.
ほかの人にお金を貸さないでください。
Please do not lend money to others.
毎日散歩するのをやめないでください。
Please don’t stop taking walks everyday.
Stop it!
The word やめる can be used to mean both quit and stop.
あした会社をやめます。
I will quit the company tomorrow.
授業中マンガを読むのはやめてください。
Please stop reading manga during class.
Plain Review
We’ve learned quite a few Japanese sentence structures! Let’s review what we’ve seen in the past few skills.
These sentence types all use the plain form of the verb.
映画を見るのは好きですか？Do you like watching movies?
パーティーに行くと思います。I think I will go to the party.
お金を貸さないでください。Please do not lend money.

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