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Learning the Belarusian 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 Belarusian language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Belarusian.
Belarusian negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy).
In Belarusian, negation can be made simply by placing "не" before the main verb. But sometimes a double negative is required. "не" is the most common negative.
Я не магу гэта зрабiць (I can't do this).
Я нiкуды не пайду (I won’t go anywhere– Double Negative).
Ты любiш гэта? – Не. Do you like it? - No
Here are some examples:
| English Negation | Belarusian Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | Admawlyennye - Адмаўленне |
| he is not here | yon nya toot/yago toot nyama - ён ня тут/яго тут няма |
| that is not my book | geta nye maya knіga - гэта не мая кніга |
| do not enter | nye wvakhodzіtzʲ - не ўваходзіць |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Belarusian has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Belarussian.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Belarusian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Belarusian vocabulary.
| English Negation | Belarusian Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | ya nye gavaroo - я не гавару |
| I don't write | ya nye pіshoo - я не пішу |
| I don't drive | ya nye kіrooyo (mashinay) - я не кірую (машынай) |
| I don't love | ya nye kakhayo - я не кахаю |
| I don't give | ya nye dayo - я не даю |
| I don't smile | ya nye wsmіkhayosya - я не ўсміхаюся |
| I don't take | ya nye byaroo; ya nye primayo - я не бяру; я не прымаю |
| he doesn't speak | yon nye gavoritzʲ - ён не гаворыць |
| he doesn't write | yon nye pіsha - ён не піша |
| he doesn't drive | yon nye kіrooye (mashinay) - ён не кіруе (машынай) |
| he doesn't love | yon nye kakhaye - ён не кахае |
| he doesn't give | yon nye daye - ён не дае |
| he doesn't smile | yon nye wsmіkhayetztza - ён не ўсміхаецца |
| he doesn't take | yon nye byare; yon nye primaye - ён не бярэ; ён не прымае |
| we don't speak | mi nye gavorim - мы не гаворым |
| we don't write | mi nye pіsham - мы не пішам |
| we don't drive | mi nye kіrooyem (mashinay) - мы не кіруем (машынай) |
| we don't love | mi nye kakhayem - мы не кахаем |
| we don't give | mi nye dayem - мы не даем |
| we don't smile | mi nye wsmіkhayemsya - мы не ўсміхаемся |
| we don't take | mi nye byarem; mi nye primayem - мы не бярэм; мы не прымаем |
Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Belarusian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Belarussian Negation, you might want to check the rest of our Belarusian lessons here: Learn Belarusian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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