な is classified as a sentence ending particle in Japanese. When attached to the base (dictionary) form of a verb, it has the nuance of strongly demanding that someone 'not' do something.
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行くな。
Ne va pas.
ここでサッカーをするな。
Ne joue pas au football ici.
泣くな。
Ne pleure pas.
一人でするな。
Ne le fais pas seul.
「これは不味い!」って言うな。
Ne dis pas 'Ça a mauvais goût !'
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Hey! I’m back with more questions. Based on the example sentence it seems that this can only be used with verbs in their dictionary form. I am correct with making that assumption. I’m assuming there will grammar later to cover more imperatives but I just want to be sure.
FredKore
That’s correct. The negative imperative is (plain verb)-な.
The positive imperative is either (う-verb, え-ending) or (る-verb stem + ろ).
まつな! Don’t wait!
まて! Wait!
たべるな! Don’t eat!
たべろ! Eat!
(I can’t seem to find the Bunpro page for positive imperative though.)
znic1998
Thanks, @FredKore I will ever use it since apparently it is quite rude, but good to know
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