Norwegian Negation
Learning the Norwegian 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 Norwegian language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Norwegian.
Norwegian 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 | Norwegian Negation |
| Negation | Negasjon |
| he is not here | Han er ikke her |
| that is not my book | det er ikke min bok |
| do not enter | ikke kom inn |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Norwegian has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Norwegian.
List of Negation in Norwegian
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Norwegian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Norwegian vocabulary.
| English Negation | Norwegian Negation |
| I don't speak | Jeg snakker ikke |
| I don't write | Jeg skriver ikke |
| I don't drive | Jeg kjører ikke |
| I don't love | Jeg elsker ikke |
| I don't give | Jeg gir ikke |
| I don't smile | Jeg smiler ikke |
| I don't take | Jeg tar ikke |
| |
| he doesn't speak | Han snakker ikke |
| he doesn't write | Han skriver ikke |
| he doesn't drive | han kjører ikke |
| he doesn't love | Han elsker ikke |
| he doesn't give | Han gir ikke |
| he doesn't smile | han smiler ikke |
| he doesn't take | Han tar ikke |
| |
| we don't speak | vi snakker ikke |
| we don't write | vi skriver ikke |
| we don't drive | vi kjører ikke |
| we don't love | vi elsker ikke |
| we don't give | Vi gir ikke |
| we don't smile | vi smiler ikke |
| we don't take | Vi tar ikke |
Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Norwegian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Norwegian Negation, you might want to check the rest of our Norwegian lessons here: Learn Norwegian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.