Japanese Grammar Exercise: Making Negative Requests 「…ないで」
Before starting the exercise for making negative requests 「…ないで」, please clarify any doubts you may have about the grammatical rules by referring to your grammar guidebook or dictionary. The Instantaneous Composition Method requires you to compose sentences with the target sentence pattern(s) over and over in order to use them almost effortlessly. You should already have the necessary knowledge.
Reference
Genki I - Lesson 8: ～ないでください
Instantaneous Composition Exercise for Making Negative Requests 「…ないで」
This is not a translation exercise. This is the Instantaneous Composition Exercise. As if a reflexive action, try to create an equivalent Japanese sentence shortly after reading an English script. Try not to think for more than three seconds.
Could (you) not start the game? (lit. Could (I have you) not start the game?)
試合を始めないでもらえますか？
Could (you) not do that? (lit. Could (I have you) not do that?)
それをしないでもらえますか？
Please don’t make noise.
騒がないでください。
Please don’t get angry.
怒らないでください。
Please don’t come.
来ないでください。
Please don’t ask.
聞かないでください。
Please don’t wait.
待たないでください。
Note
「くれますか」 and 「もらえますか」 have almost the same meaning in Japanese. You can express them in a more polite tone using the negative form like this: 「ないでくれませんか」.
