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Please don't do A
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私 の ノート に 書 か な い で ください 。 
Please don't write in my notebook.
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ここ で 写 真 を 撮 ら な い で ください 。 
Please don't take photographs here.
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試 験 中 に 話 さ な い で ください 。 
Please don't talk during the exam.
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食 べ 物 を ワニ に 与 え な い で ください 。 
Please do not feed the alligators.
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教 室 の 中 で 食 べ 物 を 食 べ な い で 下 さ い 。 
Please do not eat food in the classroom.
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明日 、 宿 題 を 忘 れ な い で ください 
Please don't forget your homework tomorrow

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Construction
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AVerb: Command (negative)
ください
Basic Examples:
食べないでください (please don't eat (it))

Related Expressions
Prohibitive/禁止系 (~な）
Where this grammar is found
Genki I: Chapter 8
Nihongo So-Matome N5 (日本語総まとめ): 第４週　３～４日目
renshuu schedule packs: N5 Grammar pack
JLPT N5 / Beginner: Requests


User notes
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ない-form of the verb +ください＝ないでください
11 years ago
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Discussion about this grammar
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Angie89
Years Studied: 2 (on/off)
Studying: JLPT 5
Level: 1, 好 : 62
いすを座らないでください。
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10 years ago
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Angie89
Years Studied: 2 (on/off)
Studying: JLPT 5
Level: 1, 好 : 62
Is that right? ^^
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10 years ago
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マイコー
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いすに座らないでくささい.

I would recommend entering this under User Sentences - it has a lot of functionality built in for getting comments, updating sentences, adding the English as well, etc, etc.
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10 years ago
guest
I often hear this form without the ください.
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10 years ago
guest
I often hear this form without the ください.
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10 years ago
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植天
Years Studied: 1
Level: 1, 好 : 0
Can I say 「。。。ないで下さいませんか？」？
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8 years ago
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マイコー
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 Level: 62, 好 : 5,642
I'm not sure I've heard it before, but I've definitely heard the casual form of ないでくれる used before.
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8 years ago



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