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