Cantonese Negation

If you're trying to learn Cantonese Negation you will find some useful resources including a course about Negation and negative expressions... to help you with your Cantonese grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Cantonese. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

Cantonese Negation

Learning the Cantonese 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 Cantonese language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Cantonese.

Cantonese negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy). Here are some examples:

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Cantonese has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Yue.

List of Negation in Cantonese

Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Cantonese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Cantonese vocabulary.

Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Cantonese, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Yue Negation, you might want to check the rest of our Cantonese lessons here: Learn Cantonese. Don't forget to bookmark this page.