「動詞辞書形＋な」はどういう意味ですか。 I came across this sentence when reading an essay > **** What is the meaning of here? I understand to either mean (1) Don't do the action of the verb. ie _Don't do that!_ (2) Nothing too specific, just softening a phrase, similarly to how 'la' 'leh' 'lor' etc are used in Singapore English. I don't understand the rest of the sentence fully either, but I'm not sure whether in this case the is either case (1), (2) or something else I may be ignorant too.

It's (1). The is a negative imperative particle, since (= Quotative + ) follows an imperative phrase or sentence.

Imperative phrase/sentence + is an expression for saying "( _lit_ ) It's unreasonable to tell me/us/someone to do~~." i.e. "You can't expect me/us/someone to do~~!", implying "Of course I/we/someone do/can not~~."

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> ( _lit_ ) It's unreasonable to tell me not to feel disturbed/uncomfortable, isn't it?
> → You can't expect me not to feel disturbed/uncomfortable, right?
> Implying: "(If you keep talking to me / calling me so many times, then) I will feel disturbed, of course! / it's quite natural that I should feel disturbed!" (≂