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[Types of Verb & Forms of Verb]- Lesson 4 The Rules of Making Negative Sentence With ない Form
2023/09/19
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Lesson 4 ないform
The ない-from is a verb conjugation that is a negative form. Let’s see how does verb change with below picture and understand the rules of making negative sentence.
It has two tenses: non-past negative form and past negative form.
・Non-past negative: V ない
・past negative: V なかった
Group① Verbs End in “u”.
end in “u”: あそぶ、まつ、わたす→change to あそばない、またない、わたさない
end in “う”: かう、つかう、あう→change to かわない、つかわない、あわない
Group② Verbs End in “iru” or “eru”.
end in “eru”: たべる、おぼえる、かんがえる、でる、ねる→change to たべない、かんがえない、でない、ねない
end in “iru”: はしる、はいる、きる→change to はしらない、はいらない、きらない
Group③する、くる
end in “する、くる” ◯◯する、くる→change to しない、こない
