On this page, you can learn Japanese grammar for ‘do not have to’.
Prerequisite
You need Verb なForm for this sentence pattern.
Sentence pattern
don’t have to + verb
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verb なform + くてもいいです
Example
I don’t have to go to school next week.
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私は来週学校に行かなくてもいいです。
Note
You don’t have to translate ‘you’ if it is the subject of a sentence.
You is あなた in Japanese.
Example
You don’t have to eat fish.
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あなたは魚を食べなくてもいいです。
Review
Task: Change into Japanese.
- I don’t have to work.
- I don’t have to do homework tonight.
- You don’t have to eat fish.
- You don’t have to speak.