ない-form

Form
ない-form
Level
N5
Used for
Negative forms of verbs.
Rule

Godan: change final u to a + nai. Ichidan: drop ru add nai. Irregular: suru->shinai, kuru->konai.

Worked examples

kaku->kakanai, neru->nenai, suru->shinai

Exceptions

aru -> nai

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