If you're trying to learn Catalan Negation which is also called Català, check our courses about Negation and negative expressions... to help you with your Catalan 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 Catalan. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Catalan Negation displayed below is vital to the language. Catalan negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy).
In Catalan, negation can be made simply by placing "No" before the main verb. Sometimes, when we want to slightly stress the negation, we can use the optional particule pas. Examples:
No ho puc fer (I can't do this).
No tenen res a fer (they don't have anything to do).
No m’ha agradat pas, aquesta pel·lícula (I didn’t really like this film).
Here are some examples:
| English Negation | Catalan Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | Negació |
| he is not here | ell no és aquí |
| that is not my book | aquell no es el meu llibre |
| do not enter | no entri |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Catalan.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Catalan placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Catalan vocabulary.
| English Negation | Catalan Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | Jo no parlo |
| I don't write | Jo no escric |
| I don't drive | Jo no condueixo |
| I don't love | (jo) no estimo |
| I don't give | Jo no dono |
| I don't smile | No somric |
| I don't take | (jo) no prenc |
| he doesn't speak | no parla |
| he doesn't write | no escriu |
| he doesn't drive | (ell) no condueix |
| he doesn't love | no estima |
| he doesn't give | no dóna |
| he doesn't smile | (ell) no somriu |
| he doesn't take | ell no pren |
| we don't speak | no parlem |
| we don't write | no escrivim |
| we don't drive | (nosaltres) no conduïm |
| we don't love | no estimem |
| we don't give | no donem |
| we don't smile | (nosaltres) no somriem |
| we don't take | no prenem |
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