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Learning the Samoan 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 Samoan language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Samoan.
Samoan 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 | Samoan Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | |
| Negation | |
| he is not here | E le o inei le tama |
| that is not my book | e le o la'u tusi lena |
| do not enter | sa le ulufale |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Samoan.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Samoan placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Samoan vocabulary.
| English Negation | Samoan Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | |
| I don't write | |
| I don't drive | |
| I don't love | |
| I don't give | |
| I don't smile | |
| I don't take | |
| he doesn't speak | |
| he doesn't write | |
| he doesn't drive | |
| he doesn't love | |
| he doesn't give | |
| he doesn't smile | |
| he doesn't take | |
| we don't speak | |
| we don't write | |
| we don't drive | |
| we don't love | |
| we don't give | |
| we don't smile | |
| we don't take |
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