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Learning the Khmer 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 Khmer language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Khmer.
Khmer 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 | Khmer Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | |
| Negation | ការបដិសេធន៏ |
| he is not here | គាត់មិននៅទីនេះទេ |
| that is not my book | នោះមិនមែនជាសៀវភៅរបស់ខ្ញុំទេ |
| do not enter | សូមកុំចូល |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Khmer.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Khmer placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Khmer vocabulary.
| English Negation | Khmer Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | ខ្ញុំ មិននិយាយ |
| I don't write | ខ្ញុំ មិនសរសេរ |
| I don't drive | ខ្ញុំ មិនបើកបរ |
| I don't love | ខ្ញុំ មិនស្រឡាញ់ |
| I don't give | ខ្ញុំ មិនឱ្យ /ផ្តល់ជូន |
| I don't smile | ខ្ញុំ មិនសើច |
| I don't take | ខ្ញុំ មិនយក / នាំ |
| he doesn't speak | គាត់ មិននិយាយ |
| he doesn't write | គាត់ មិនសរសេរ |
| he doesn't drive | គាត់ មិនបើកបរ |
| he doesn't love | គាត់ មិនស្រឡាញ់ |
| he doesn't give | គាត់ មិនឱ្យ /ផ្តល់ជូន |
| he doesn't smile | គាត់ មិនសើច |
| he doesn't take | គាត់ មិនយក / នាំ |
| we don't speak | យើង មិននិយាយ |
| we don't write | យើង មិនសរសេរ |
| we don't drive | យើង មិនបើកបរ |
| we don't love | យើង មិនស្រឡាញ់ |
| we don't give | យើង មិនឱ្យ /ផ្តល់ជូន |
| we don't smile | យើង មិនសើច |
| we don't take | យើង មិនយក / នាំ |
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