Finnish Negation

Finnish Negation

If you're trying to learn Finnish Negation which is also called Suomi, check our courses about Negation and negative expressions... to help you with your Finnish 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 Finnish. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

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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 NegationFinnish Negation
NegationNegaatio
he is not herehän ei ole täällä
that is not my booktuo ei ole kirjani
do not enterälä 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 NegationFinnish Negation
I don't speaken puhu
I don't writeen kirjoita
I don't driveen aja
I don't loveen rakasta
I don't giveen anna
I don't smileen hymyile
I don't takeen ota
he doesn't speakhän ei puhu
he doesn't writehän ei kirjoita
he doesn't drivehän ei aja
he doesn't lovehän ei rakasta
he doesn't givehän ei anna
he doesn't smilehän ei hymyile
he doesn't takehän ei ota
we don't speakemme puhu
we don't writeemme kirjoita
we don't driveemme aja
we don't loveemme rakasta
we don't giveemme anna
we don't smileemme hymyile
we don't takeemme 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.

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