If you're trying to learn Kannada Negation you will find some useful resources including a course about Negation and negative expressions... to help you with your Kannada 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 Kannada. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Kannada 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 Kannada language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Kannada.
Kannada 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 | Kannada Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | |
| Negation | nishedha |
| he is not here | avanu illi illa |
| that is not my book | adhu naana pushtaka alla |
| do not enter | barabeda |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Kannada.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Kannada placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Kannada vocabulary.
| English Negation | Kannada Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | naanu mathanaduvudiilla |
| I don't write | naanu bareyuvudiilla |
| I don't drive | naanu odisuvudilla |
| I don't love | naanu preeti maduvudilla |
| I don't give | naanu koduvudilla |
| I don't smile | naanu naguvudilla |
| I don't take | naanu tegedukolluvudhillla |
| he doesn't speak | avanu mathanaduvudilla |
| he doesn't write | avanu bareuvudhilla |
| he doesn't drive | avanu odisuvudhilla |
| he doesn't love | avanu preethi maaduvudilla |
| he doesn't give | avanu koduvudilla |
| he doesn't smile | avanu naguvudilla |
| he doesn't take | avanu tegedukolluvudilla |
| we don't speak | naavu mathanaaduvudhiilla |
| we don't write | naavu bareuvudhillla |
| we don't drive | naavu odisuvudhillla |
| we don't love | naavu preethi maaduvudilla |
| we don't give | naavu koduvudilla |
| we don't smile | naavu naguvudilla |
| we don't take | naavu tegedukolluvudilla |
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