About IKU

[mangara99]

I read on a book the expression JIBUN DE IKINA YO. At first i thought it was "DON'T GO" but from the context I could tell that it was an affirmative sentence meaning "Go on your own"

My question is, what's the difference with the normal expression JIBUN DE IKE or JIBUN DE ITTE? and how do I know when the NA is used with a negative nuance like in
HASHIRU NA (dont run!)?

[QuackingShoe]

i-stem + na = imperative (short for nasai)
dictionary form + na = negative imperative

[mangara99]

I see, thanks

And yet, even though that NA form is short for -NASAI, it sounds rude and manly for me.