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    〜なしに(は) (~nashi ni (wa)) — without ~ (doing / having)

    Without the thing that should be there (notice, permission, a booking) — the 'without' of notices and daily life.

    Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

    N + なしに(は)

    Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

    When to use it

    • If someone skips work for three days without a word, the manager says: 「連絡なしに休むのは困るよ」.
    • It works both in notices and in everyday talk.

    Meaning

    • 「〜なしに」= doing something without the step that normally should come first — notice, permission, a booking, advance warning — usually with a 'that wasn't right' feeling.
    • Add 「は」, as 「〜なしには…ない」, and it means 'impossible without it'.

    How to attach

    • Straight after a noun: 許可なしに・予告なしに
    • In speech, 「〜なしで」「〜なしでは」are also very common with the same meaning.

    Versus what you know

    • 「なしには」is like 「なくして」in the previous point, but not as stiff.
    • N2「〜抜きで」(「わさび抜き」「冗談抜きで」) means deliberately leaving out something that is normally there; 「なしに」means the thing that should be there is missing.

    Watch out

    It does not attach to a verb — 「連絡するなしに」is wrong; with a verb you need 「ことなしに」, the next point.

    Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

    彼は連絡なしに、三日も会社を休んだ。

    かれはれんらくなしに、みっかもかいしゃをやすんだ。

    He was off work for three whole days without letting anyone know.

    How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 連絡 = notice (something you should give) → 「なしに」 directly = without giving notice → then what was done that way: 三日も会社を休んだ.

    許可なしに、この部屋に入らないでください。

    きょかなしに、このへやにはいらないでください。

    Please do not enter this room without permission.

    How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 許可 = permission → 「なしに」 = without permission → then the notice's instruction: 入らないでください.

    先輩たちの助けなしには、この仕事は覚えられなかった。

    せんぱいたちのたすけなしには、このしごとはおぼえられなかった。

    Without my seniors' help, I could never have learned this job.

    How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 助け = help → 「なしに」+「は」 = without help → then 'it wasn't possible': 覚えられなかった.

    Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

    Question: 1/3

    「予約___、このレストランには入れません。」— fill the blank.

    💡 Hint: N + ? + は

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