Slovene Negation
Learning the Slovene 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 Slovene language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Slovene.
Slovene 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 | Slovene Negation |
| Negation | Zanikanje |
| he is not here | njega ni tukaj |
| that is not my book | to ni moja knjiga |
| do not enter | ne vstopaj/ne vstopajte |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Slovene has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Slovenian.
List of Negation in Slovene
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Slovene placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Slovene vocabulary.
| English Negation | Slovene Negation |
| I don't speak | Jaz ne govorim |
| I don't write | Jaz ne pišem |
| I don't drive | Jaz ne vozim |
| I don't love | Jaz ne ljubim |
| I don't give | Jaz ne dajem |
| I don't smile | Jaz se ne smejim |
| I don't take | ne vzamem |
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| he doesn't speak | on ne govori |
| he doesn't write | ne piše |
| he doesn't drive | on ne vozi |
| he doesn't love | on ne ljubi |
| he doesn't give | on ne daje |
| he doesn't smile | on se ne smeji |
| he doesn't take | on ne jemlje |
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| 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 ljubimo |
| we don't give | mi ne dajemo |
| we don't smile | mi se ne smejimo |
| we don't take | mi ne jemljemo |
Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Slovene, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Slovenian Negation, you might want to check the rest of our Slovene lessons here: Learn Slovene. Don't forget to bookmark this page.