Japanese Grammar Exercise: Negative Verbs 「…ない」

Japanese Negative Verbs

Before starting the exercise for negative verbs: 「…ない」, 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 3: Verb Conjugation
Tae Kim's Guide - Negative Verbs

Instantaneous Composition Exercise for Negative Verbs: 「…ない」

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.

Natural Speed with Pauses

English and Hidden Japanese Scripts

(I will) not answer. 
答こたえません。 
(I will) not swim. 
泳およぎません。 
As for meat, (I) don’t eat (it). 
お肉にくは食たべません。 
As for alcohol, (I) don’t drink (it). 
お酒さけは飲のみません。 
As for money, (I) don’t lend (it). 
お金かねは貸かしません。 
(I) don’t get up in the morning. 
朝あさに起おきません。
(I) don’t go to bed at night. 
夜よるに寝ねません。
(I) don’t always do my homework. 
いつも宿しゅく題だいをしません。 
(I will) not sing songs. 
歌うたを歌うたいません。 
Tanaka-san is the one that won’t come. 
田た中なかさんが来きません。 

Note

When it comes to the negative verb form, there are two polite expressions as shown below. We’re following the formal one. However, you should be familiar with both of them.

u-verb (Ex. 飲のむ: to drink)

  Casual Formal
Negative 飲のまないです 飲のみません
Past-negative 飲のまなかったです 飲のみませんでした

ru-verb (Ex. 食たべる; to eat)

  Casual Formal
Negative 食たべないです 食たべません
Past-negative 食たべなかったです 食たべませんでした

Exceptions (Ex. する: to do, 来きる: to come)

  Casual Formal
Negative しないです
来こないです
しません
来きません
Past-negative しなかったです
来こなかったです
しませんでした
来きませんでした

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