質問: Question: 恨んでなどいません What is the meaning of this phrase, how to use the など particle? So I stumbled upon this phrase from a Grammar book > > 「あなたには感謝こそすれ、**恨んでなど**いません」 > > > and I don't understand the latter part of the sentence. The provided English translation says that it means 'Despite what happened, I appreciate your kindness and I have no ill feelings.' Now, I was confused whether 恨んでなどいません means 恨んでいることはない. And I misunderstood that 恨んで might be a noun, which leads to the next question that if it is a noun, then why shouldn't it be 恨んでなどありません (No such things like 恨んで). Also, do we use 食べてなどいません and such?
回答: Sorry for the reply in English. You can think of this phrase as an emphasized version of `悩んでいません`. More often you might see `は` inserted in the middle, like 悩んで**は**いません. So the overall meaning is something like "I am not worried *at all*" or, more literally, "I do not do things **such as** worrying" (about whatever happened, I assume). See also What does the "〜やしない" conjugation mean? about a similar construct.