Brazilian Negation
Learning the Brazilian Negation is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Brazilian language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Brazilian.
Brazilian 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 | Brazilian Negation |
| Negation | Negação |
| he is not here | Ele não está aqui |
| that is not my book | esse não é o meu livro |
| do not enter | não entre |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Brazilian has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Portuguese.
List of Negation in Brazilian
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Brazilian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Brazilian vocabulary.
| English Negation | Brazilian Negation |
| I don't speak | não falo |
| I don't write | não escrevo |
| I don't drive | não dirijo |
| I don't love | não amo |
| I don't give | não dou |
| I don't smile | não sorrio |
| I don't take | não levo |
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| he doesn't speak | ele não fala |
| he doesn't write | ele não escreve |
| he doesn't drive | ele não dirige |
| he doesn't love | ele não ama |
| he doesn't give | não dá |
| he doesn't smile | Ele não sorri |
| he doesn't take | ele não leva |
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| we don't speak | não falamos |
| we don't write | não escrevemos |
| we don't drive | não dirigimos |
| we don't love | não amamos |
| we don't give | não damos |
| we don't smile | não sorrimos |
| we don't take | não levamos |
Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Brazilian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Portuguese Negation, you might want to check the rest of our Brazilian lessons here: Learn Brazilian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.