Hindi Negation

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Hindi Negation

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

Hindi 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	Hindi Negation
Negation	nakar - नकार
he is not here	vah yahan nahin hai \| - वह यहाँ नहीं है \|
that is not my book	vah meri kitab nahin hai \| - वह मेरी किताब नहीं है \|
do not enter	pravesh mat karo \| - प्रवेश मत करो \|

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

List of Negation in Hindi

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

English Negation	Hindi Negation
I don't speak	main nahin bolta hoon \| - मैं नहीं बोलता हूँ \|
I don't write	main nahin likhta hoon \| - मैं नहीं लिखता हूँ \|
I don't drive	main nahin chalata hoon \| - मैं नहीं चलाता हूँ \|
I don't love	main pyar nahin karta hoon \| - मैं प्यार नहीं करता हूँ \|
I don't give	main deta nahin hoon \| - मैं देता नहीं हूँ \|
I don't smile	main nahin muskurata hoon \| - मैं नहीं मुस्कुराता हूँ \|
I don't take	main nahin leta hoon \| - मैं नहीं लेता हूँ \|

he doesn't speak	vah bol nahin sakta hai \| - वह बोल नहीं सकता है \|
he doesn't write	vah likh nahin sakta hai \| - वह लिख नहीं सकता है \|
he doesn't drive	vah chala nahin sakta hai \| - वह चला नहीं सकता है \|
he doesn't love	vah pyar nahin kar sakta hai \| - वह प्यार नहीं कर सकता है \|
he doesn't give	vah nahin de sakta hai \| - वह नहीं दे सकता है \|
he doesn't smile	vah muskura nahin sakta hai \| - वह मुस्कुरा नहीं सकता है \|
he doesn't take	vah nahin le sakta hai \| - वह नहीं ले सकता है \|

we don't speak	ham baat nahin karte hain \| - हम बात नहीं करते हैं \|
we don't write	ham likh nahin sakte hain \| - हम लिख नहीं सकते हैं \|
we don't drive	ham chala nahin sakte hain \| - हम चला नहीं सकते हैं \|
we don't love	ham pyar nahin kar sakte hain \| - हम प्यार नहीं कर सकते हैं \|
we don't give	ham de nahin sakte hain \| - हम दे नहीं सकते हैं \|
we don't smile	ham muskura nahin sakte hain \| - हम मुस्कुरा नहीं सकते हैं \|
we don't take	ham le nahin sakte hain \| - हम ले नहीं सकते हैं \|

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

Hindi Negation

Hindi Negation

Hindi Negation

List of Negation in Hindi

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