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GRAMMAR
もう②
(not) anymore
Explanation
NOTE

When もう is used with a negative form, it means not anymore or no longer. It indicates that something which used to happen has now stopped.

STRUCTURE
もう ...Vない
あのみせにはもうかない。
Ano mise ni wa mō ikanai.
I won't go to that store anymore.
もうない
Mō tabenai.
I won't eat anymore.
もうかない。
Mō nakanai.
I won't cry anymore.
Example sentences
もうにくべません。
I don't eat meat anymore.
もうあつくないです。
It's not hot anymore.
もうお金かねがありません。
I don't have any money anymore.

Practice exercises

1
タバコはわない
Answer
わないわない
2
もうべない。
I won't eat anymore.
Answer
もう
3
もうあのみせにはかない。
I won't go to that shop anymore.
Answer
もう
4
もうかない。
I won't cry anymore.
Answer
もう
5
こんな失敗しっぱいもうしない。
I won't make this kind of mistake anymore.
Answer
もう
6
あの映画えいがもうたくない。
I don't want to see that movie ever again.
Answer
もう
7
もうあのひとはなさない。
I won't talk to that person anymore.
Answer
もう
8
タバコはわない
Answer
わないわない