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ずに
1. Without A..ing
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Don't come into my room without knocking.
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onlyforyou
Level: 1
I'm trying to refresh my memory without searching the grammar database but I'm drawing a blank. The verbal way to use this is....?? Like when speaking.
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13 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 256
Maybe just ...‾ないで?, or are you looking for something more formal?
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onlyforyou
Level: 1
I was looking for something a little more formal, yes,^^;;
I always tend to feel like I'm being too informal.
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マイコー
Level: 256
I'm pretty sure ずに would come across as formal in spoken language. Hmm..listening to the teachers around me, I will also hear (in speeches, whatever) something along the lines of

めることなく、

Although that also (I believe) has a bit more punch to it.

Back to the issue, though, I'm pretty sure a ずに followed by an appropriate conjugation at the end of the sentence would be as polite as you need to be. If I remember (my mind is a bit spotty, so I probably won't), I'll ask someone tomorrow.
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shirokitsune
Level: 1023

While reading a children's novel I came across just ず with no に。It has the phrase かず、does the comma replace the に in this writing or am I looking at some other grammar point that I am just unaware of.

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8 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 256

Just looked it up - they are slightly different.


ずに meanings "without", as in, A ずに B = "doing B without doing A"

Here's an example:

らずにしてしまった。 Shows you not doing something you'd normally do with the following action.


であきらめず、までってください。

Not quite the same - in this case, it is "don't do A, do B"


までれず、させられました。

In this case, it shows a tight link between the lack of A and it causing B. In this case, "I didn't/couldn't do A, so B"


These examples, by the way, are from the EXCELLENT . It's made for teachers of Japanese, or high level students. Very, very good explanations (although it's 100% Japanese)


http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9...

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shirokitsune
Level: 1023

Thanks for the help. I think once I get a little stronger in Japanese I will pick up that book.

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Kiraraxa
Level: 122

Hey everybody:-) quick question - I saw in one of the examples for わる that this form is used without the に - so, ...いつもとわらず... is this a mistake, a different grammar or maybe an exception? Thank you:-)kao_yoroshiku.png

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1 year ago
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マイコー
Level: 256

I did a quick search, and came up with this note: ざっぱにいえば、 「ずに」=「ないで」、 「ず」=「なくて」です。

So, ずに and ず can both be used depending on the structure of the sentence.

More info: https://detail.chiebukuro.yaho...

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