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Learning the Gujarati 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 Gujarati language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Gujarati.
Gujarati 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 | Gujarati Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | negueśhen - નેગેશન |
| he is not here | temeṇe ahīm nethī - તેમણે અહીં નથી |
| that is not my book | ke mārī puse'teke nethī - કે મારી પુસ્તક નથી |
| do not enter | dākhele nethī - દાખલ નથી |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Gujarati has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Gujarati.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Gujarati placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Gujarati vocabulary.
| English Negation | Gujarati Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | hum vāte nethī - હું વાત નથી |
| I don't write | hum lekho nehim - હું લખો નહિં |
| I don't drive | mene nethī ḍe'rāīve nethī - મને નથી ડ્રાઈવ નથી |
| I don't love | mene pe'reme nethī - મને પ્રેમ નથી |
| I don't give | mene nethī āpī nethī - મને નથી આપી નથી |
| I don't smile | hum se'mite nethī - હું સ્મિત નથી |
| I don't take | hum nethī letām - હું નથી લેતાં |
| he doesn't speak | ne vāte nethī - ન વાત નથી |
| he doesn't write | temeṇe lekhī śheketum nethī nethī - તેમણે લખી શકતું નથી નથી |
| he doesn't drive | ne ḍe'rāīve nethī - ન ડ્રાઈવ નથી |
| he doesn't love | ne pe'reme nethī - ન પ્રેમ નથી |
| he doesn't give | temeṇe āpetum nethī - તેમણે આપતું નથી |
| he doesn't smile | ne se'mite nethī - ન સ્મિત નથી |
| he doesn't take | temeṇe nehim l - તેમણે નહિં લે |
| we don't speak | ame nethī vāte nethī - અમે નથી વાત નથી |
| we don't write | ame lekho nehim - અમે લખો નહિં |
| we don't drive | ame nethī ḍe'rāīve nethī - અમે નથી ડ્રાઈવ નથી |
| we don't love | ame nethī pe'reme nethī - અમે નથી પ્રેમ નથી |
| we don't give | ame nethī āpī nethī - અમે નથી આપી નથી |
| we don't smile | ame nethī se'mite nethī - અમે નથી સ્મિત નથી |
| we don't take | ame nethī letām - અમે નથી લેતાં |
Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Gujarati, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Gujarati Negation, you might want to check the rest of our Gujarati lessons here: Learn Gujarati. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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