Progress is saved in this browser. Log in to keep it permanently and sync across devices.

JLPT N5 Grammar

～ないで

N5Other

N5 · Other · ないで

without doing ; To do [B] without doing [A]

ないで

ないで means doing the second action without doing the first, or without being in a certain state.

It follows the verb ない form.

傘を持たないで出かけました。

I went out without taking an umbrella.

For asking someone not to do something, use ないでください; this pattern connects actions.

Do B without doing A.

New

Mastery0%

Times Reviewed: 0

Last Reviewed: Never

Next Review: Not scheduled

If this grammar card helped you, consider buying the author a coffee.