🇯🇵 Japanese
日本語 • Kana + Kanji
Pattern: “I don’t understand” (negation in real life)
A survival phrase — and your first reliable negative sentence.
The pattern
Memorize this as a chunk. Then swap one word at a time.
- Say the positive and negative back‑to‑back (understand ↔ don’t understand).
- Keep the negation placement exactly like native sentences.
わかりません。
Wakarimasen
I don't understand.
More examples
These are close patterns you can reuse. Read them aloud, then change one word.
行きません。
Ikimasen
I won't go.
ここにいます。
Koko ni imasu
I am here.
水がほしいです。
Mizu ga hoshii desu
I want water.
英語を話しますか？
Eigo o hanashimasu ka
Do you speak English?
トイレはどこですか？
Toire wa doko desu ka
Where is the toilet?
これは私の友だちです。
Kore wa watashi no tomodachi desu
This is my friend.
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “I don't understand.”?