Dari Negation
Learning the Dari 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 Dari language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Dari.
Dari negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy). Here are some examples:
Verbs are negated with the particle «na». This particle, being a
word of its own, should be written separately but under the current custom of
writing, it is written attached to the verb:
- raftam
— I went → naraftam (na raftam) — I did not go
- kâr
kardam — I worked → kâr nakardam — I did not work
- budan
yâ nabudan — to be or not to be
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Negative
conjugation of «raftan» (to go) in indicative past simple
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singular
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plural
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1st
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naraftam
(I did not go)
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naraftim
(we did not go)
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2nd
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narafti
(you did not go)
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naraftid
(you did not go)
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3rd
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naraft
(he/she/it did not go)
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naraftand
(they did not go)
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Negative
conjugation of «kâr kardan» (to work) in indicative past simple
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singular
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plural
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1st
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kâr
nakardam (I did not work)
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kâr
nakardim (we did not work)
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2nd
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kâr
nakardi (you did not work)
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kâr
nakardid (you did not work)
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3rd
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kâr
nakard (he/she/it did not work)
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kâr
nakardand (they did not work)
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| English Negation | Dari Negation |
| Negation | nefey - نفی |
| he is not here | āo āyenejā neyeset - او اینجا نیست |
| that is not my book | āyen ketāb men neyeset - این کتاب من نیست |
| do not enter | weāred neshoyed - وارد نشوید |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Dari has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Dari.
List of Negation in Dari
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Dari placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Dari vocabulary.
| English Negation | Dari Negation |
| I don't speak | men ḥeref nemey zenem - من حرف نمی زنم |
| I don't write | nemey noyesem - نمی نویسم |
| I don't drive | rānenedekey nemey kenem - رانندگی نمی کنم |
| I don't love | men doset nedārem - من دوست ندارم |
| I don't give | men nemey dehem - من نمی دهم |
| I don't smile | men lebekhened nemey zenem - من لبخند نمی زنم |
| I don't take | men nemey keyerem - من نمی گیرم |
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| he doesn't speak | āo ṣeḥebet nemey kened - او صحبت نمی کند |
| he doesn't write | āo nemey noyesed - او نمی نویسد |
| he doesn't drive | āo rānenedekey nemey kened - او رانندگی نمی کند |
| he doesn't love | āo doset nedāred - او دوست ندارد |
| he doesn't give | āo nemey dehed - او نمی دهد |
| he doesn't smile | āo lebekhened nemey zened - او لبخند نمی زند |
| he doesn't take | āo nemey keyered - او نمی گیرد |
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| we don't speak | mā ṣeḥebet nemey keneyem - ما صحبت نمی کنیم |
| we don't write | mā nemey noyeseyem - ما نمی نویسیم |
| we don't drive | mā rānenedekey nemey keneyem - ما رانندگی نمی کنیم |
| we don't love | mā doset nedāreyem - ما دوست نداریم |
| we don't give | mā nemey deheyem - ما نمی دهیم |
| we don't smile | mā nemey khenedeyem - ما نمی خندیم |
| we don't take | mā nemey keyereyem - ما نمی گیریم |
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