Dictionary / Grammar / Prohibitive: Verb な

Prohibitive: Verb な JLPT N4

A blunt 'do not do this' command.

Formation

Verb (dictionary form) + な: 行くな, 食べるな, するな.

Explanation

The prohibitive particle な attaches to the plain dictionary form (never the ます-stem) and is the negative counterpart of the imperative. It is equally blunt.