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第8課 - Workbook: ～ないでください

Complete the problems below. Remember that to request that someone refrain from doing something, one can use a negative verbal short form plus でください.
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Translate the following sentences.

Please don't wait for me. (Because) I will be late.
Please don't forget your umbrella. (Because) it will rain this afternoon.
Please don't open the window. (Because) I am cold.
Please don't turn off the TV. (Because) I am watching the news (ニュース).
Please don't throw away that magazine. (Because) it's not my magazine.

Write the dictionary form of each of the verbs used in the following sentences.

かけないでください。　　
きらないでください。　　
きないでください。　　　
こないでください。　　　
かかないでください。　　
しないでください。　　　
しなないでください。　　
かえらないでください。　
かわないでください。　　
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Workbook: Quotations (～と言っていました)Workbook: Verb のが好きです

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