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私(わたし)のパソコンを持(も)ってくればよかった。[持(も)ってくる]
I should have brought my computer along.
私(わたし)の子供(こども)を歯医者(はいしゃ)に行(い)かせればよかった。[行(い)かせる]
I should have made my kids go to the dentist.
私(わたし)は文法(ぶんぽう)をもう少(すこ)し早(はや)めに勉強(べんきょう)をすればよかった。[する]
I should have started studying grammar sooner.
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Most Recent Replies (29 in total)

rin0108
Very late but I would like to know this as well, it’s really bothering me LOL
testing
Like @EbonyMidget mentioned it’s ないで (JLPT N4) | Bunpro. What’s missing from that article is that ないで can also have an “instead of” meaning.

From A Handbook of Japanese Grammar:

V-ないで (instead of)
V-ないで is used to make a contrastive statement about two things. Means “do such-and-such instead of doing something else,” […].

So:
- 寝ないで、- instead of sleeping
- 日本語を勉強 - learning Japanese
- すればよかった。- would’ve been better
rin0108
Oh okay, I see (idk how I missed that reply sry!). That explains a lot… I feel like that is a pretty important thing to include in the Grammar Point no? But thank you very much for the quick reply!

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