Japanese

<p>
	Conjugating verbs to the <strong>negative present tense</strong> in the plain form varies depending on the verb's ending.
	There are three types of endings we need to pay attention to:
</p>

<ol>
	<li>Group 2, or <strong><ruby>一iti段dan</ruby></strong> verbs, which all end in <strong>-る</strong></li>
	<li>Group 1, or <strong><ruby>五go段dan</ruby></strong> verbs that end in <strong>-う</strong></li>
	<li>Group 1, or <strong><ruby>五go段dan</ruby></strong> verbs that do not end in <strong>-う</strong></li>
	<li>The irregular verbs <strong>です、ある、する、来る</strong></li>
</ol>

<p>
	For <ruby>一iti段dan</ruby> verbs, replace the <strong>-る</strong> with <strong>-ない</strong>.
	For example, <strong>食べる</strong> becomes <strong>食べない</strong>.
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<p>
	For <ruby>五go段dan</ruby> verbs that end in <strong>-う</strong>, change the <strong>-う</strong> into <strong>-わない</strong>.
	For example, <strong>買う</strong> becomes <strong><ruby>買わない</ruby></strong>.
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<p>
	For <ruby>五go段dan</ruby> verbs not ending in <strong>-う</strong>,
	change the <strong>う</strong>-sound into an <strong>-あ</strong>-sound, and add <strong>ない</strong>.
	For example, <strong><ruby>行iく</ruby></strong> becomes <strong><ruby>行iかない</ruby></strong>.
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<p>
	And finally, the negative plain form for the irregular verbs is as follows:
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            <th>Plain Form Positive</th>
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            <td>だ</td>
            <td>じゃない</td>
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            <td>ある</td>
            <td>ない</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>する</td>
            <td>しない</td>
        </tr>
		 <tr>
            <td>来る</td>
			 <td><ruby>来ko</ruby>ない</td>
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<p>
	And here are example sentences for each of them:
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The Plain Form III: Present Tense Negative Verbs

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	彼女かのじょ　の　声こえ　は　美うつくしい　けど、　歌うたわない。 kanozyo no koe ha utukusii kedo, utawanai.
Meaning	Though her voice is beautiful, she doesn't sing.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

topic particle	は ha
possessive case particle	の no
though, although	けど kedo
she	彼かの女じょ kanozyo
voice	声こえ koe
to sing	歌うたう utau
beautiful	美うつくしい utukusii

Japanese

kanozyo no koe ha utukusii kedo, utawanai.

Breakdown of kanozyo no koe ha utukusii kedo, utawanai.

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