If you're trying to learn Maltese Negation which is also called Malti, check our courses about Negation and negative expressions... to help you with your Maltese 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 Maltese. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Maltese Negation displayed below is vital to the language. Maltese 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 | Maltese Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | Ċħid |
| he is not here | hu/huwa mhuwiex hawn |
| that is not my book | dak mhuwiex il-ktieb tiegħi |
| do not enter | tidħolx |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Maltese.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Maltese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Maltese vocabulary.
| English Negation | Maltese Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | jien/jiena ma nitkellimx |
| I don't write | jien/jiena ma niktibx |
| I don't drive | jien/jiena ma nsuqx |
| I don't love | jien/jiena ma nħobbx |
| I don't give | jien/jiena ma nagħtix |
| I don't smile | jien/jiena ma nitbissimx |
| I don't take | jien/jiena ma niħux |
| he doesn't speak | hu/huwa ma jitkellimx |
| he doesn't write | hu/huwa ma jiktibx |
| he doesn't drive | hu/huwa ma jsuqx |
| he doesn't love | hu/huwa ma jħobbx |
| he doesn't give | hu/huwa ma jagħtix |
| he doesn't smile | hu/huwa ma jitbissimx |
| he doesn't take | hu/huwa ma jiħux |
| we don't speak | aħna ma nitkellmux |
| we don't write | aħna ma niktbux |
| we don't drive | aħna ma nsuqux |
| we don't love | aħna ma nħobbux |
| we don't give | aħna ma nagħtux |
| we don't smile | aħna ma nitbissmux |
| we don't take | aħna ma niħdux |
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