How do I use Nai?

nai-form is used in present-negative sentences for Plain-form. For example, "don't write", "don't eat", "don't come", "don't study". Hope this explanation clears your doubt about the difference between the two forms.
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How do you use NAI in Japanese?

You first change KI to KA, and add NAI. So, the NAI form of IKIMASU is IKANAI (not to go). But after you drop MASU, if the syllable just before MASU is the vowel "I" and it is not attached to a consonant, you change "I" to WA, and add NAI.
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How do you use Nai De?

The first use is to say “Please do not [verb].” You can say “Please do not [verb]” either by using ~ないで ~nai de as it is, or by adding ください kudasai (please) to the end (the former can come across as quite casual; the latter comes across as more on the polite side).
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How do you write NAI in Japanese?

nai – 無い (ない) : an i-adjective used to deny the existence of a thing. It is often translated into English as 'not to exist', 'not to have', or 'not to be'. This is often written in kanji.
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What is the difference between Masen and Nai?

The nuances might be slightly different, but they're more-or-less functionally identical. ません sounds slightly more stiff and proper to my ears while ないです sounds a bit softer and impromtu.
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What is Nai desu?

– It's good. Yoku nai desu. – It's not good.
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How do you form casual in Japanese?

In formal conversations, you will usually find yourself using “です” and the “ます”-form of verbs, such as “あります”. But in casual conversations, you can use the dictionary form of a verb plus a sentence ending particle, such as “んだ”. That way “あります” becomes “ある” (dictionary form) and then “あるんだ” if you add the particle.
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What Nai means?

Definition of Nai

: a member of a barber caste of Hindus in India that grooms the living and the dead and thus is intimately associated with Hindu ceremonial life including the contraction of marriages.
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Is Nai form casual?

Plain form

The basic forms of Japanese verb are root form, nai form, ta form and nakatta form. We call these four forms "Plain Form". The plain form can be used instead of masu form in casual situations. Sentences that end with the plain form are less formal and each form refers to affirmative, negative and tense.
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What does NAI mean in Korean?

나이 (nai) age of a person or other living thing.
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What is Kudasai?

When you ask somebody to do something in Japanese, you say TE-form verbs and then KUDASAI (Please, or I would ask you to).
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How do you use Zu in Japanese?

If you work in Japan, you will probably hear it pretty often in the workplace. The zu form grammar pattern that's common in everyday life is the ずに (zu ni) pattern. In this pattern, you take a zu form verb and add the particle に (ni). This turns your verb into a phrase meaning “without ~ing.”
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How do you use Ikemasen?

For example, "You shouldn't go" is ITTE WA IKEMASEN. TE WA IKEMASEN is used when superiors scold younger people or parents teach children not to do something. Japanese people tend to avoid imposing psychological burdens on others. So, they often say NAI DE KUDASAI in everyday conversations.
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What is no Japanese?

The exact word for no in Japanese is “いいえ (iie)”, but the Japanese actually use a wide range of expressions to avoid having to use a strong no. For example, they could say chotto that convey the “difficulty” to answer the request.
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What does Nakereba Narimasen mean?

For ~なければなりません (~nakereba narimasen) - you don't want to do something but you have no choice and have to do it. So normally, this is used when you want to make excuses.
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What is Tabemasu in Japanese?

polite present of "to eat"
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How do you use Aimasu?

1. Watashi wa kyoo tomodachi ni aimasu. I'm going to meet my friend today.
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How do you use ri in Japanese?

If you add a り (ri) and the verb する suru (to do) onto the end of a Plain Form past tense verb, it means “do things such as [verb].” You can have multiple verbs + “ri” before the “suru,” or just one; in either case there is only one “suru” and it comes last.
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What is Taberu in Japanese?

"To eat" is TABEMASU. Its dictionary form is TABERU.
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What language is Nai?

Nai or Biaka is a language of Papua New Guinea. Nai is one of the Kwomtari languages. However, due to an alignment error in the published data, Nai (as Biaka) was mistakenly placed in a spurious "Baibai" family with the Fas language Baibai; this was then linked back to the Kwomtari family as "Kwomtari–Baibai".
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What can I use instead of desu?

da だ : This is the most informal version of "desu." It's short, easy to say, and used amongst people who know each other fairly well (friends). Just like every other version, it's used interchangeably with "desu," and is fairly common in speech.
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What is Okimasu in Japanese?

to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake​ おこお子さん
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How can I speak more casually in Japanese?

An easy way to turn formal Japanese into more natural conversational Japanese is to just use the short forms of verbs. Japanese verb for “to do” is “shimasu” (します), and its casual Japanese (plain form) is suru (する).
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Do you need desu after Nai?

ない (NAI) is the informal version of ありません (ARIMASEN) like you said. But if you add です (DESU) after ない (NAI), it changes to a polite version. So ないです and ありません are both polite and you can use either one when you talk to your boss or someone older than you.
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