If you're trying to learn Cantonese Negation you will find some useful resources including a course about Negation and negative expressions... to help you with your Cantonese 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 Cantonese. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Cantonese 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 Cantonese language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Cantonese.
Cantonese 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 | Cantonese Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | 否定 |
| he is not here | 他不在這裏 |
| that is not my book | 那不是我的書 |
| do not enter | 不要進入 |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Cantonese.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Cantonese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Cantonese vocabulary.
| English Negation | Cantonese Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | 我不說話 |
| I don't write | 我不寫作 |
| I don't drive | 我不駕駛 |
| I don't love | 我不愛 |
| I don't give | 我不給予 |
| I don't smile | 我不微笑 |
| I don't take | 我不拿 |
| he doesn't speak | 他不說話 |
| he doesn't write | 他不寫作 |
| he doesn't drive | 他不駕駛 |
| he doesn't love | 他不愛 |
| he doesn't give | 他不給予 |
| he doesn't smile | 他不微笑 |
| he doesn't take | 他不拿 |
| we don't speak | 我們不說話 |
| we don't write | 我們不寫作 |
| we don't drive | 我們不駕駛 |
| we don't love | 我們不愛 |
| we don't give | 我們不給予 |
| we don't smile | 我們不微笑 |
| we don't take | 我們不拿 |
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