質問: 心配しないで下さい 心配しなくてもいいです in both of these sentences, ない conjugates differently. but, why? when should one use ないで and not なくて? 心配しないで下さい 心配しなくてもいいです in both of these sentences, ない conjugates differently. but, why? when should one use ないで and not なくて?
回答: to be more specific, しなくてもいい breaks down like this: しなくても even if not いい fine/good giving us (in awkward literal translated english) 'it's fine/good even if you don't", or (in natural english) "you don't have to..."