Examples
1. Kono kusuri o nomimasu.
"Someone* will take this medicine."
2. Kono kusuri o nomimasu ka.
"Are you going to take this medicine?"
3. Kono kusuri o nomimasen ka.
"Won't you take this medicine?"
(*"Someone"may be the speaker.)
Example 2 is a question form of Example 1. Example 3 seems to be a negative question form of Example 1. But Example 3 is used to make a suggestion. In a suggestion, verbs should be imperfective negative form. The perfective form cannot
be used for a suggestion.
Examples
1. Kono hon o yomimasen ka.
"Won't you read this book?"
2. Sarada o tabemasen ka.
"Won't you eat any salad?"
3. Teepu o kikimasen ka.
"Won't you listen to the tape?"
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