By ProDev Teach | Updated May 2025
???? Meaning & Usage
The grammar pattern ~ないでください is used to make a polite request asking someone not to do something.
Formation:
- Verb (ない-form) + で + ください
Translation: Please don’t do (something)
Type: Negative polite request
???? Example Sentences
- ここで たばこを すわないでください。
Please don’t smoke here. - しゃしんを とらないでください。
Please don’t take photos. - わらわないでください。
Please don’t laugh. - おさけを のまないでください。
Please don’t drink alcohol.
???? Grammar Notes
- This form is commonly used in signs, rules, and polite requests.
- Use the negative (ない-form) of the verb, then add でください.
- It’s more polite and soft than a command like ~な.
???? Practice Exercises
1. Complete the sentences with ~ないでください
- ここで たべる → ここで ______。
- くるまを うんてんする → おさけを ______。
- でんしゃで けいたいを つかう → でんしゃで ______。
✔ Answers:
- たべないでください
- のまないでください
- けいたいを つかわないでください
2. Translate into Japanese using ~ないでください
- Please don’t speak.
- Please don’t run here.
✔ Sample Answers:
- はなさないでください。
- ここで はしらないでください。
???? Vocabulary List
- たばこ(煙草) – cigarette
- すう(吸う) – to smoke, to inhale
- しゃしん(写真) – photo
- とる(撮る) – to take (a photo)
- おさけ(お酒) – alcohol
- でんしゃ(電車) – train
- けいたい(携帯) – mobile phone
???? Kanji List
- 煙草(たばこ) – tobacco/cigarette
- 写真(しゃしん) – photograph
写: copy | 真: truth - 酒(さけ) – alcohol
- 電車(でんしゃ) – train
電: electricity | 車: vehicle - 携帯(けいたい) – mobile phone
携: carry | 帯: belt, zone
???? Related Grammar
- ~ないで: Without doing (A), do (B)
- ~ない: Plain negative form
- ~てください: Please do (something)
???? Summary
- Meaning: Please don’t do (something)
- Form: Verb (ない-form) + でください
- Use: Polite request to avoid an action
- Level: JLPT N5
???? Related Grammar & Vocabulary
- JLPT N5 Grammar List – 60 Essential Grammar Points
- ませんか – would you; shall we
- ましょう – let’s; shall we
- ましょうか – shall I; offering help
- も – also; too
- もう – already; again; anymore
- な-adjectives – na-adjectives
- なあ – sentence-ending particle (emotion)
- ないで – without doing
- ないといけない – must do
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