〜ないで

Formationない stem + ないで + verb

ないで attaches one clause to the next while saying the first thing did not happen. He left without saying anything, she went to work without eating. It is the everyday spoken version of ずに.

Examples

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1. 私わたしを置き去りおきざりにしていかないでくれ。

   Don't leave me behind!

2. 私わたしをそのあだ名なで呼よばないでくれ。

   Don't apply that nickname to me.

3. この手紙てがみを朝あさ一番いちばんで出だすの忘わすれないでね。

   Don't forget to mail this letter first thing in the morning.

4. 彼女かのじょはろくに食たべないで席せきを立たった。

   She had only eaten a little before she left the table.

5. 急きゅうに笑わらい出ださないでよ。不気味ぶきみだから。

   Don't burst out laughing like that. It's creepy.