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Learning the Croatian 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 Croatian language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Croatian.
Croatian 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 | Croatian Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | Negacija |
| he is not here | on nije ovdje |
| that is not my book | to nije moja knjiga |
| do not enter | ne ulazite |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Croatian has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Croatian.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Croatian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Croatian vocabulary.
| English Negation | Croatian Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | Ja ne govorim |
| I don't write | ja ne pišem |
| I don't drive | je ne vozim |
| I don't love | Ja ne volim |
| I don't give | je ne dajem |
| I don't smile | ja se ne smiješim |
| I don't take | je ne uzimam |
| he doesn't speak | on ne govori |
| he doesn't write | on ne piše |
| he doesn't drive | on ne vozi |
| he doesn't love | on ne voli |
| he doesn't give | on ne daje |
| he doesn't smile | on se ne smiješi |
| he doesn't take | On ne uzima |
| we don't speak | mi ne govorimo |
| we don't write | mi ne pišemo |
| we don't drive | mi ne vozimo |
| we don't love | mi ne volimo |
| we don't give | mi ne dajemo |
| we don't smile | mi se ne smiješimo |
| we don't take | mi ne uzimamo |
Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Croatian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Croatian Negation, you might want to check the rest of our Croatian lessons here: Learn Croatian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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