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  • Nai-form

Grammar Note

List of grammar using this verb form

📖 3. Verb

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Please change the following Masu-form verbs into the Nai-form.

( You can see the answer by clicking on each word. )

たべます
tabe-masu
たべない ( G2 )
tabenai

かえります
kaeri-masu
かえらない ( G1 )
kaeranai

みます
mi-masu
みない ( G2 )
minai

はなします
hanashi-masu
はなさない ( G1 )
hanasanai

およぎます
oyogi-masu
およがない ( G1 )
oyoganai

まちます
machi-masu
またない ( G1 )
matanai

べんきょう します
benkyō shi-masu
べんきょう しない ( G3 )
benkyō shinai

かいます
kai-masu
かわない ( G1 )
kawanai

かきます
kaki-masu
かかない ( G1 )
kakanai

おきます
oki-masu

おかない ( G1 / to put )
okanai

おきない ( G2 / to wake up )
okinai

きます
ki-masu

きない ( G2 / to wear )
kinai

こない ( G3 / to come )
konai

のみます
nomi-masu
のまない ( G1 )
nomanai

します
shi-masu
しない ( G3 )
shinai

よびます
yobi-masu
よばない ( G1 )
yobanai

ねます
ne-masu
ねない ( G2 )
nenai

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Check the brief grammar notes below for your review.

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Grammar Note

The Nai-form is used to express the negative. The conjugation rules depend on the verb group.

⚫️ Group 1

Look at the syllable before ~masu and change the “-i” sound to the “-a” sound, then add “nai“.

i ますa ない
– i masu → – a nai

note: If the stem ends in the vowel “i (い)”, change it to “wa(わ)” instead of “a (あ)”.

⚫️ Group 2

This group is the simplest. Just remove “masu” and add “nai“.

ますない
masu → nai

⚫️ Group 3

Sentence Patterns with the Nai-form

Now that you’ve mastered the nai-form, let’s use it in these sentence patterns. Click the links below to start the next quizzes:

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