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Introduction.
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Negative.
- Sono hanashi made kikazu.
- I have not yet heard that story.
- Yo ga akete mo mada okizu ni iru.
- Although it is daylight he is not yet up.
- Kore wa watakushi no mada yomanai hon da.
- This is a book which I have not yet read.
- Kyōto made ichi do mo yukanakatta.
- I have never even once been to Kyoto.
- Sō wa iwananda.
- I did not say so.
- Ano hito yomoya sō wa iu-mai to omov.
- I don't think he would have said so.
- Asu wa furimasumai.
- I don't think it will rain to-morrow.
- Furu ya shimai tenki ni naru de arō.
- I think it will be pleasant weather.
- Kōyū musukashii koto wa gakusha ni kika-nai de wa shirenai.
- In a matter of so much difficulty, without inquiring of a learned man you cannot know it.
- Mi-nakute mita furi wo suru.
- To make believe he had seen when he had not.
- Ashita Tōkyō ye yondokoro nai yō ga atte yukanakute wa naranu.
- I must go to Tōkyō to-morrow, as I have important business.
- Kikanai to shirenai.
- If you don't inquire you can't know.
- Uma ni noraneba hayaku yukarenai.
- If you don't go on horseback you cannot get there soon.
- Hito wa hon wo yomanedomo umaretsuite ri wo yoku shiru.
- Although a man does not read books he instinctively knows what is right.
- Doku na mono wa tabenedomo ambai waruku natta.
- Though (he) eat nothing hurtful (he) became sick.
- Konna mono wa nakutemo yoi.
- Such a thing, is not needed.
- Hiroi uchi ni sumawanakute mo koto wa tariru.
- (I) have enough even if (I) don't live in a big house.
- Ei-go wo narawanakatta keredomo yoku hanasu koto ga dekiru.
- Although he did not learn the English language he speaks very well.
Negative Imperative.
- Sonna ni naku na: yakamashii kodomo da.
- Don't cry so much: you are a trouble-some child.
- li mono yaru kara naku na yo.
- Don't cry and I will give you something nice.
- Ambai warui nara muri ni okiru na.
- If you are not feeling well don't try to get up.
