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Learning the Yiddish Negation displayed below is vital to the language. Yiddish 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 | Yiddish Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | נעגאַטיאָן |
| he is not here | ער איז ניט דאָ |
| that is not my book | וואָס איז ניט מיין בוך |
| do not enter | טאָן ניט אַרייַן |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Yiddish.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Yiddish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Yiddish vocabulary.
| English Negation | Yiddish Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | איך טאָן ניט רעדן |
| I don't write | איך טאָן ניט שרייַבן |
| I don't drive | איך טאָן ניט פאָר |
| I don't love | איך טאָן ניט ליבע |
| I don't give | איך טאָן ניט געבן |
| I don't smile | איך טאָן ניט שמייכל |
| I don't take | איך טאָן ניט נעמען |
| he doesn't speak | ער קען ניט רעדן |
| he doesn't write | ער טוט ניט שרייַבן |
| he doesn't drive | ער טוט ניט פאָר |
| he doesn't love | ער טוט ניט ליב |
| he doesn't give | ער קען ניט געבן |
| he doesn't smile | ער טוט ניט שמייכל |
| he doesn't take | ער קען ניט נעמען |
| we don't speak | מיר טאָן ניט רעדן |
| we don't write | מיר טאָן ניט שרייַבן |
| we don't drive | מיר טאָן ניט פאָר |
| we don't love | מיר טאָן ניט ליבע |
| we don't give | מיר טאָן ניט געבן |
| we don't smile | מיר טאָן ניט שמייכל |
| we don't take | מיר טאָן ניט נעמען |
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