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Learn Hardcore Japanese: 〜naito - negative conditional form

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 9
/〜naito

〜naito

Word

〜ないと〜naito

Meaning

negative conditional form

Part of speech

verb suffix

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of 〜naito

人気にんき　の　レストラン　は　予約よやく　を　しない　と　入いれません。ninki no resutoran wa yoyaku o shinai to iremasen.

You can’t enter a popular restaurant without a reservation.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

仕事しごと　に　行いく　前まえ　に　コーヒー　を　飲のまない　と。shigoto ni iku mae ni koohii o nomanai to.

I have to drink coffee before going to work.

朝あさご飯はん　を　食たべない　と、　部長ぶちょう　の　長ながい　話はなし　に　集中しゅうちゅう　できない。asagohan o tabenai to, buchou no nagai hanashi ni shuuchuu dekinai.

If I don't eat breakfast, I can't concentrate on the manager's long talk.

彼女かのじょ　は　昼寝ひるね　を　しない　と　具合ぐあい　が　悪わるく　なる　みたい。kanojo wa hirune o shinai to guai ga waruku naru mitai.

If she doesn’t take a nap, she seems to feel unwell.

夏なつ　は　湿度しつど　が　高たかい　と、　エアコン　を　つけない　と　眠ねむれません。natsu wa shitsudo ga takai to, eakon o tsukenai to nemuremasen.

In summer, when the humidity is high, I can’t sleep without turning on the air conditioner.

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