Basque Negation
Learning the Basque Negation is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Basque language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Basque.
Basque negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy). Here are some examples:
| English Negation | Basque Negation |
| Negation | ukapena |
| he is not here | ez dago hemen |
| that is not my book | hori ez da nire liburua |
| do not enter | ez sartu |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Basque has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Euskara.
List of Negation in Basque
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Basque placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Basque vocabulary.
| English Negation | Basque Negation |
| I don't speak | Ez dut hitz egiten |
| I don't write | Ez dut idazten |
| I don't drive | ez dut gidatzen |
| I don't love | Ez dut maite |
| I don't give | ez dut ematen |
| I don't smile | ez dut irribarrerik egiten |
| I don't take | ez dut hartzen |
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| he doesn't speak | ez du hitz egiten |
| he doesn't write | ez du idazten |
| he doesn't drive | ez du gidatzen |
| he doesn't love | ez du maitatzen |
| he doesn't give | ez du ematen |
| he doesn't smile | ez du irribarrerik egiten |
| he doesn't take | ez du hatzen |
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| we don't speak | ez dugu hitz egiten |
| we don't write | ez dugu idazten |
| we don't drive | ez dugu gidatzen |
| we don't love | ez dugu maite |
| we don't give | ez dugu ematen |
| we don't smile | ez dugu irribarrerik egiten |
| we don't take | ez dugu hartzen |
Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Basque, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Euskara Negation, you might want to check the rest of our Basque lessons here: Learn Basque. Don't forget to bookmark this page.