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Learning the Flemish 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 Flemish language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Flemish.
Flemish 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 | Flemish Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | |
| Negation | ontkenning |
| he is not here | hij is hier niet |
| that is not my book | dat is mijn boek niet |
| do not enter | ga niet binnen |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Flemish.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Flemish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Flemish vocabulary.
| English Negation | Flemish Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | ik spreek niet |
| I don't write | ik schrijf niet |
| I don't drive | ik rij[d] niet |
| I don't love | ik hou[d] niet van |
| I don't give | ik geef niet |
| I don't smile | ik lach niet |
| I don't take | ik neem niet |
| he doesn't speak | hij spreekt niet |
| he doesn't write | hij schrijft niet |
| he doesn't drive | hij rijdt niet |
| he doesn't love | hij houdt niet van |
| he doesn't give | hij geeft niet |
| he doesn't smile | hij lacht niet |
| he doesn't take | hij neemt niet |
| we don't speak | we spreken niet |
| we don't write | we schrijven niet |
| we don't drive | we rijden niet |
| we don't love | we houden niet van |
| we don't give | we geven niet |
| we don't smile | we lachen niet |
| we don't take | we nemen niet |
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