Finnish Negation
Learning the Finnish 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 Finnish language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Finnish.
Finnish 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 | Finnish Negation |
| Negation | Negaatio |
| he is not here | hän ei ole täällä |
| that is not my book | tuo ei ole kirjani |
| do not enter | älä tule sisään |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Finnish has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Suomi.
List of Negation in Finnish
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Finnish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Finnish vocabulary.
| English Negation | Finnish Negation |
| I don't speak | en puhu |
| I don't write | en kirjoita |
| I don't drive | en aja |
| I don't love | en rakasta |
| I don't give | en anna |
| I don't smile | en hymyile |
| I don't take | en ota |
| he doesn't speak | hän ei puhu |
| he doesn't write | hän ei kirjoita |
| he doesn't drive | hän ei aja |
| he doesn't love | hän ei rakasta |
| he doesn't give | hän ei anna |
| he doesn't smile | hän ei hymyile |
| he doesn't take | hän ei ota |
| we don't speak | emme puhu |
| we don't write | emme kirjoita |
| we don't drive | emme aja |
| we don't love | emme rakasta |
| we don't give | emme anna |
| we don't smile | emme hymyile |
| we don't take | emme ota |
Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Finnish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Suomi Negation, you might want to check the rest of our Finnish lessons here: Learn Finnish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.