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	In an earlier lesson, you've learned the following sentence.
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	You can ask people to refrain from doing something in a friendlier way by using the plain form which ends in <strong>ない</strong>,
	and follow it with <strong>でください</strong>.
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Negative requests with the plain form + でください

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	You can use the pattern <strong>て-form + はいけません</strong> to say that something is not permitted.
	The <strong>て-form + はいけません</strong> is a strict way of saying someone can't do something.
	Later you will learn kinder ways of asking someone to refrain from doing something.
</p>

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	Check out the sentences below for some examples for how this pattern is used.
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Denying permission with て-form + 行けません

adjectival noun

adjectival phrase

adnominal

adverb

adverbial noun

adverbial phrase

auxiliary

case particle

compound

conjunction

conjunctive particle

discourse

discourse particle

expression

godan - group 1

group 3

hiragana character

hiragana writing

i-adjective

interjection

intransitive

itidan - group 2

kanji

kanji component

kanji writing

katakana character

katakana writing

na-adjective

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

pronoun

proper noun

reading vocabulary

sentence

suffix

transitive

verb

The verb to be

Hiragana 1

Kanji 1

Writing hiragana 1

Writing kanji 1

Hiragana 2

Kanji 2

The question particle か

Writing hiragana 2

This one and that one

Writing kanji 2

Reading exercise 1

Reading exercise 2

Hiragana 3

Negating nouns

Writing hiragana 3

The topic particle は

Kanji 3

The possession particle の

い-adjectives and な-adjectives

The subject particle が

Here and there

There is, there are

Writing kanji 3

Kanji 4

Group 1 verbs, direct and indirect objects

Group 2 verbs

Hiragana 4

Verbs in the past tense

Negating verbs

Invitations and the particle と

Negating past verbs

Writing hiragana 4

Reading exercise 3

Writing kanji 4

Reading exercise 4

Kanji 5

Nouns and the past tense

This and that

The group 3 verbs する and 来る

The discourse particles ね and よ

The location particles に and で

Hiragana 5

Writing hiragana 5

Writing kanji 5

The destination particles に and へ

Kanji 6

The origin particle から

Hiragana 6

Relative positions

Conjugating い-adjectives

Writing hiragana 6

Writing kanji 6

Hiragana 7

Writing hiragana 7

Kanji 7

Conjugating な-adjectives

How are you?

Question	Answer
Please don't smoke here.	ここ　で　タバコ　を　吸すわないで　ください。koko de tabako wo suwanaide kudasai.
to forget	忘わすれるwasureru
Please don't forget (it).	忘わすれないで　ください。wasurenaide kudasai. Sentence from Tatoeba
alcohol; rice wine	(お)酒さけ(o)sake
Please don't drink a lot of alcohol.	お酒さけ　を　たくさん　飲のまないで　ください。osake wo takusan nomanaide kudasai.
to ask a question	質しつ問もんするsitumonsuru
Please don't ask him anything.	彼かれ　に　何なにも　質しつ問もんしないで　ください。kare ni nanimo situmonsinaide kudasai.

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