which one is correct 聞かないでよね or 聞きないでよね?


I just learned about how to say "don't" in Japanese.

So far what I understand is:

You use stem form + ないて to say "don't do something"

However, I am confused with the usage of 聞かないでよね in sentence:

> 恥ずかしいこと 聞かないでよね

Does not it have to be 聞きないでよね instead of 聞かないでよね? Because it from u-verb 聞く
and then become 聞き before it can be formed also into polite form with -masu
ending




恥ずかしいこと聞かないでよね！ is correct, because negative forms turn the -u into -a. 聞く ->
聞かない -> 聞かないでください, because we use the -te/-de form to ask somebody to do
something (-te kudasai), which goes like:

恥ずかしいことを聞いてください。 Please ask me embarrassing things!

恥ずかしいことを聞かないでください。 Please don't ask me embarrassing things!

<http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/complete/negativeverbs>
<http://www.guidetojapanese.org/requests.html>

-masu form is OK though, 聞く ー> 聞きます ー＞ 聞きません, but to ask something while keeping in the -masu form goes into humble and honorific form territory, so don't worry about that now.

