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JLPT N5 Grammar

ないでください

N5Obligation

N5 · Obligation · nai-form verb + でください

please do not

nai-form verb + でください

ないでください politely asks someone not to do something.

It is a request, not a rule-based prohibition. Rules often use てはいけません.

ここで写真を撮らないでください。

Please do not take photos here.

Do not say 撮ってないでください. Use the ない form for 'please do not.'

ない-form + でください means 'please do not.'

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