Grammar Quiz No.77

N4Verb FormsImperative (soft)

危ない!そこに___!

Q. Which is the natural warning 'don't go there!'?

Translation

Watch out! Don't go there!

Explanation

〜ないで (short for ないでください) is the everyday prohibitive warning. 行くな is the blunt masculine imperative — grammatical but harsh; 行きますな is archaic and 行くまい means 'probably won't go'.