[JLPT grammar] Why is the nai-form of 会う, 会わない, not 会あない?
Today I am going to share the Q&A quoted from my JLPT N5 course!
[Question]
Why is the nai-form of 会う, 会わない, not 会あない?
Can you explain?
*会(あ)う
[My Reply]
You already learned how to turn group1 verbs into nai-form.
–u → –anai
e.g.
行(い)く dictionary-form →行かない nai-form
iku → ikanai
飲(の)む→飲まない
nomu → nomanai
書(か)く→書かない
kaku → kakanai
会う is also group1 verb, if you make 会う follow this conjugation, it becomes 会あない, which is hard to pronounce.
So a group1 verbs with う at the end of the dictionary-form are an exception: it changes to わ, not あ.
e.g.
会(あ)う → 会わない meet, see
買(か)う → 買わない buy
迷(まよ)う → 迷わない lost
I hope my answer helps you.😊
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I will teach you until you get it!
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