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27 Dec 2014
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- English (US)
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心配しないで下さい
心配しなくてもいいです
In both of these sentences, ない conjugates differently. But, why? When should one use ないで and not なくて?
心配しないで下さい
心配しなくてもいいです
In both of these sentences, ない conjugates differently. But, why? When should one use ないで and not なくて?
心配しなくてもいいです
In both of these sentences, ない conjugates differently. But, why? When should one use ないで and not なくて?
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- English (UK)
〜ないで is "don't..."
〜なくてもいいです is "don't have to"
Therefore:
心配しないで下さい please don't worry
心配しなくてもいいです there's no need to worry; you don't have to worry about it
- English (UK)
To be more specific, しなくてもいい breaks down like this:
しなくても even if not
いい fine/good
Giving us (in awkward literal translated English) 'it's fine/good even if you don't", or (in natural English) "you don't have to..."
- English (UK)
- English (US)
Both of those forms I understand; I picked them for demonstration purposes. What is not clear to me is why the conjugation needs to be different; in my mind ないで and なくて are equivalent, but you don't usually hear:
心配しなくて下さい or
心配しないでもいいです
心配しなくて下さい or
心配しないでもいいです
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