Take the tour ×  Don't say it, if you dont want to. You don't
have to say it, if you don't want to.  How do i convey these in
japanese correctly? My idea is 言えないこと言ってないもいいです。 But I am really
confused by verb conjugation here. Don't say it = iwanai? ienai?
Don't want to say = ienai? but then it would mean 'i can't
say'.... Could you please help in both translation and
explanation for these two conjugation forms.  share|improve this
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lit. If you don't want to say it, you don't have to say it.
Some comments:    • The "don't have to"-form is ~て+もいい, i.e. you
have to form the ~て form of the i-adjective 言わない, which is the
correct negative for the verb (and not 言ってない).   • The English
leaves out the verb the second time, which can't be done in
Japanese.   • なら is just one option for "if" (which I think fits
best). Other ways to say it would be     • 言えない means indeed
"can't say" Your (slightly corrected) sentence means      Things
you can't say, you don't