If you're trying to learn Basque Negation you will find some useful resources including a course about Negation and negative expressions... to help you with your Basque 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 Basque. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Basque 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 Basque language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Basque.
Basque 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 | Basque Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | ukapena |
| he is not here | ez dago hemen |
| that is not my book | hori ez da nire liburua |
| do not enter | ez sartu |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Basque.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Basque placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Basque vocabulary.
| English Negation | Basque Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | Ez dut hitz egiten |
| I don't write | Ez dut idazten |
| I don't drive | ez dut gidatzen |
| I don't love | Ez dut maite |
| I don't give | ez dut ematen |
| I don't smile | ez dut irribarrerik egiten |
| I don't take | ez dut hartzen |
| he doesn't speak | ez du hitz egiten |
| he doesn't write | ez du idazten |
| he doesn't drive | ez du gidatzen |
| he doesn't love | ez du maitatzen |
| he doesn't give | ez du ematen |
| he doesn't smile | ez du irribarrerik egiten |
| he doesn't take | ez du hatzen |
| we don't speak | ez dugu hitz egiten |
| we don't write | ez dugu idazten |
| we don't drive | ez dugu gidatzen |
| we don't love | ez dugu maite |
| we don't give | ez dugu ematen |
| we don't smile | ez dugu irribarrerik egiten |
| we don't take | ez dugu hartzen |
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