な (na) is used when the speaker orders an inferior not to do something. This is very harsh and informal, so it’s inappropriate to use な on someone who deserves respect such as coworkers, parents, bosses, or anyone with similar or higher social positions. な just gets tacked onto the plain form of whatever verb you don’t want someone to do.

Giseigo 擬声語 Animal and human sounds.
Giongo 擬音語 Actual sounds made by inanimate objects and nature.
Gitaigo 擬態語 Describe conditions and states.
Giyougo 擬容語 Describe movements and motions.
Gijougo 擬情語 Describe feelings.

-John

Hey Markus,
Here is the answer to your email and question.

-John

Today is the last day of this installment of the Onomatopoeia series. I hope you have found it helpful. We will be doing this again soon, but until then, I hope this week has helped you improve your fluency and increased your fluidity.

While many onomatopoeia are indeed sound-words like, animal sounds and sound effects, many of these words also have powerful intrinsic meanings. This episode explores that a little bit and also goes into a common example of this: NakaNaka

This episode was really fun to record because Onomatopoeia are extremely interesting and silly. I really enjoyed this podcast and I ope you do too.
-John

https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-onomatopoeia/

Continuing our talk about Japanese onomatopoeia and how they are created and used. Being able to understand the form and function of the individual parts of Japanese phonology and sentence structure will be a great help to all learners, at least that’s what I think.

Tamatama is a Japanese onomatopoeic phrase used to express chance. This week we will be talking quite a bit about the special power of onomatopoeia and their unique function and form in the world's BEST language.


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