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03-01-2008, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by anrakushi View Post
ずに is essentially ないで in situations where ないで retains it's meaning of 'and' it is apparently considered for formal speech and used in written japanese but I have seen/heard it used quite a bit while in Japan. i'm sure MMM or someone will pop in and confirm this. you can basically think of it as without doing 'verb', do/did this.
Anrakushi, you are most correct in your explainations above. One will find ずに being used more in written papers while ないで in oral situations.


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