If you're trying to learn Scottish Negation which is also called Scots, check our courses about Negation and negative expressions... to help you with your Scottish 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 Scottish. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Scottish 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 Scottish language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Scottish.
Scottish 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 | Scottish Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | negation |
| he is not here | he isnae haur |
| that is not my book | 'at isnae mah book |
| do not enter | dinnae enter |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Scottish.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Scottish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Scottish vocabulary.
| English Negation | Scottish Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | Ah dornt spick |
| I don't write | Ah dornt write |
| I don't drive | Ah dornt drife |
| I don't love | Ah dornt loove |
| I don't give | Ah dornt gie |
| I don't smile | Ah dornt smile |
| I don't take | Ah dornt tak' |
| he doesn't speak | he doesnae spick |
| he doesn't write | he doesnae write |
| he doesn't drive | he doesnae drife |
| he doesn't love | he doesnae loove |
| he doesn't give | he doesnae gie |
| he doesn't smile | he doesnae smile |
| he doesn't take | he doesnae tak' |
| we don't speak | we dornt spick |
| we don't write | we dornt write |
| we don't drive | we dornt drife |
| we don't love | we dornt loove |
| we don't give | we dornt gie |
| we don't smile | we dornt smile |
| we don't take | we dornt tak' |
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