If you're trying to learn Tagalog Negation which is also called Filipino, check our courses about Negation and negative expressions... to help you with your Tagalog 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 Tagalog. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Tagalog Negation displayed below is vital to the language. Tagalog negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy). In Tagalog there are two words for negation wala, meaning not, there is not, ako wala pera, I have no money and ko alam I don’t know. Here are some examples:
| English Negation | Tagalog Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | Pagkakaila |
| he is not here | siya ay hindi dito |
| that is not my book | na ito ay hindi ang aking mga libro |
| do not enter | huwag ipasok ang |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Tagalog.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Tagalog placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Tagalog vocabulary.
| English Negation | Tagalog Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | Hindi ako nagsasalita ng |
| I don't write | hindi ako sumulat |
| I don't drive | hindi ko drive |
| I don't love | Hindi ko pag-ibig |
| I don't give | hindi ko bigyan |
| I don't smile | hindi ko ngiti |
| I don't take | hindi ako kumuha |
| he doesn't speak | hindi siya ay nagsasalita ng |
| he doesn't write | hindi siya ang sumulat |
| he doesn't drive | hindi siya ay drive |
| he doesn't love | hindi siya ang pag-ibig |
| he doesn't give | hindi siya ang magbigay |
| he doesn't smile | hindi siya ang ngiti |
| he doesn't take | hindi siya aabutin |
| we don't speak | hindi namin makipag-usap |
| we don't write | hindi namin isulat ang |
| we don't drive | hindi namin drive |
| we don't love | hindi namin pag-ibig |
| we don't give | hindi namin magbigay |
| we don't smile | hindi namin ngiti |
| we don't take | hindi kami tumagal |
Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Tagalog. Once you're done with the Filipino Negation, you might want to check the rest of our Tagalog lessons here: Learn Tagalog. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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