Moto Learning Doujou: #17-0 Japanese Speaking and Writing from Scratch with Moto for JLPT N5 Beginner, “Explanation for Nai form G2, G3 & G1 verb”

(L17-0 does not have any Speaking and Writing exercises. They have only explanation of Nai form .)

①Improvement of Speaking and Writing

こんにちは。モトです。I am Japanese and I am teaching Japanese. In this series, I will share my practice way for N5 Beginner and Intermediate level learners who want to review.

If learners are studying Japanese only for JLPT as test preparation, it might be difficult to improve speaking and writing Japanese actually, because the test does not cover Speaking and Writing. Thus, we set a Goal to improve Speaking and Writing in this series while learning JLPT N5 Beginner topics.

Features and Advantages

・While using Practice Sheet, we try to remember Question and Response sentences as Dialogue to learn how to use word and grammar. (Using story or dialogues, it could be easier to remember them efficiently.)

・It is also good to partially hide some words in tables in Practice Sheet by hand to check your progress or you can also change part of words and make another sentence like improvisation music.

・After Speaking, through making your sentences, you can improve Writing. (Based on your sentences, it is good to make your Practice Sheet and play Dialogues with other learners.)

・I will apply Minna no Nihongo to speaking and writing practice that covers almost all topics introduced by Genki so Genki user can also use this series.

(I will cite English translation from the textbook as it is, or I try to translate some expressions by myself. Now I am also learning English so my translation and explanation could be not correct or not natural, sorry for that.)

②Explanation of G2, G3 & G1 Verb

Nai-Form

When we want to say “Please don’t do something-” in Japanese, we can use a pattern “Verb Naiform + ない　でください”. To use this pattern, we need to know conjugation of verb, how to make Naiform.

Nai form for Group2 Verb

I will use　とめます as a example. Just remove ます, we can get “Naiform とめ”. When we want to say “please don’t do something”, just put ないでください so finally we can get “とめ（Naiform） + ないでください”, Please don’t stop--.

Naiform for Grouo3 Verb

They are just 3 types so it might be good to just memorize them.

Come きます (Masu From) / こ(NaiForm)

→　こ（Nai） +ないでください, Please don’t come.

Do します(Masu Form) / し(NaiForm)

→　し（Nai）＋　ないでください, Please don’t do.

---　+ します(Masu Form)　/ ――+し(NaiForm)

→E.g. うんてんします→うんてんし（Nai）+ないでください, Please don’t drive (a car).

Nai form for Group1 Verb

I will use　もちます as a example. Before ます, G1 verb has “i” sound. ”もちますmoch “i” masu” in “たrow たちつてと”. “ち” that has “i” sound becomes たthat has “a” sound in たrow.　So, “i” sound becomes “a” sound in same Hiragana row.

もちiます（Masu Form）/ もたa（Naiform）

→もた（Naiform）＋　ないでください。Please don’t have/hold-.

Drinkのみiます（Masu　Form）/のまa (Naiform)

→のま（Naiform）＋ないでください。　Please　don’t drink-.

Exception

However, when it comes to “あrow　あいうえお”, if い comes before ます, for some reason, い does not become あ, instead it becomes わ. E.g. かいます,　we do not say かあ　ないでください. We say かわ（Nai from）　ないでください.