Basic Negation

7 languages

SpanishNegación Básica
A1Negation with 'no' before the verb. Double negatives are standard: no...nada, no...nadie, no...nunca. 'No' can also mean 'not' in answers.
FrenchNégation de Base
A1Basic negation with ne...pas surrounding the conjugated verb. Ne becomes n' before vowels. In spoken French, 'ne' is often dropped.
PortugueseNegação Básica
A1Negation with 'não' before the verb. Double negatives are standard: não...nada, não...ninguém, não...nunca. Unlike Spanish, single negative word after verb doesn't negate alone.
Japanese基本的な否定
A1Forming negative sentences: verbs use ません/ない, い-adjectives use くない, な-adjectives use じゃない, nouns use じゃありません/ではない.
RussianОтрицание
A1Negation with не before verbs and other words. Double/multiple negation is standard in Russian. Нет for 'no' and 'there is no'. Genitive after negation.
HungarianAlapvető Tagadás
A1Negation with nem (not) before verb. Negative words: senki (nobody), semmi (nothing), sehol (nowhere). Multiple negation is standard.
Cantonese基本否定
A1Two main negation words: 唔 m4 (general negation before verbs/adjectives) and 冇 mou5 (negation of 有, also for completed actions). 未 mei6 negates completion ('not yet').

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