specific to Japanese grammar "must + verb" in everyday usemust+verb
nakute wa narimasen,
Narimasen shortens itself into naranai then ultimately naran
must +Verb nakereba narimasen
must +Verb nakucha naranai
must +Verb nakya naran (ikenai,ikan)
If ~ verb then it is no good.
Ex. 1. Kusuri o nomanakereba narimasen.
It will never do if you do not take your medicine.
In more modern American English - You have to take your medicine.
Ex. 2. Ikanakya ikenai!
Ex. 3. Shitokan to akan yo!
We can label it pure Hakata Ben, or Hakata speak. Native as native can get grammar principle. Straight from the best teachers of Japanese, the Japanese themselves. This expression is Hakata Ben in its purest and highest form. It also gives us the added grammar bonus of verb Base-TE +oku, to do verb for later.
If we go backwards from most polite must form of conditional negative verb we start with
• Verb in base I +nakute wa narimasen. Which is also understood in more plain form, less formal form would say Verbbase1 + nakute wa naranai, ikanai, or simplified even further by say naran or ikan. 2. Verb +nakereba narimasen. in negative conditional (ex. ikanakereba narimasen Japanese usage Grammar lesson is brought to you in part by my ex-girlfriend's mother. Modern Japanese with an interesting slant.
By Makurasuki sensei
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