ないで (Without doing)

Without doing, Not ~ and ~

JLPT N4
Pattern

Verb (ない-form) + で、Verb

How it works

ないで means “without doing”: doing the second action while not doing the first. あさごはんを食べないで学校へ行った means “went to school without eating breakfast”.

Examples

  • あさごはんを 食べないで 出かけました。I went out without eating breakfast.
  • じしょを 使わないで 読んで ください。Please read it without using a dictionary.

Related grammar

Further reading

Bunpro N4 · Lesson 1

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