How do you say don't in Japanese?

Answer 1

it depends what youre saying but in general the word will end in '--naide' (eg, dont laugh= warawanaide; dont go=ikanaide; dont forget=wasurenaide.... but i dont understand= wakarimasen)

if you want to say dont as in 'dont do that' its 'yamete kudasai'

Answer 2

If you want to say "I don't want [some object]", then you may use the structure: [object + ga] hoshikunai desu.' If you want to say that you don't want to do some action, you would use the structure 'verb-stem + takunai desu.'

Answer 3

If you just want to say 'I don't want to.' without any further mentioning what you don't want to do, いやです /i ya de su/ would be the phrase for that. (Spoken form would be いやだ /i ya da/) In Japanese, to say you don't want to do something, in short, you add 'taku nai' to the end of the (masu stem) of the verb. Like:

Suru (to do) ==(masu stem)=> shi => shitaku nai (Generally meaning 'Don't want to do').

Answer 4

This goes into grammar, which if to be explained thoroughly, can take a book. Just to sum things up in a paragraph: Generally to negate an imperative verb in Japanese you add 'na' at the end of its positive/plain form, or 'nai de kudasai/nai de krue' at the 'masu stem' ending of it for more formality/politeness.

Example:

'Taberu' : to eat => 'taberu na' : Don't eat / Tabe nai de kure : (please) Don't eat (more polite).

Answer 5

The English contraction "don't", which is the combination of the words "do not" is translated into one single Japanese word. When written with the English alphabet it becomes the word "nai".

Answer 6

The sentence "I don't like you" would be translated as either 君なんて嫌い (kimi nante kirai) or 君なんて好きじゃない (kimi nante suki janai) in Japanese.

Answer 7

諦めないで

akirame naide.