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This is a lesson about negation in Estonian. This includes words or expressions used to form a negative form as opposted to the affirmative. For example "I don't understand".
| No: Ei |
| Nothing: midagi |
| Not yet: mitte veel |
| No one: mitte keegi |
| No longer: enam mitte |
| Never: mitte kunagi |
| Cannot: ei saa |
| Should not: ei tohiks |
The below examples demonstrate how to use the negation form in a sentence. Don't be shy to use of these expressions if you don't know something.
| We don't understand: me ei saa aru |
| I do not speak Japanese: Ma ei räägi jaapani keeles |
| I cannot remember the word: Ma ei mäleta seda sõna |
| You should not forget this word: Sa ei tohiks seda sõna unustada |
| No problem!: Pole probleemi! / Ei ole probleemi! |
| I don't know!: Ma ei tea! |
| I'm not interested!: Ma pole huvitatud! |
| Don't worry!: Ära muretse! |
| This is wrong: See on vale / See ei ole õige |
| This is not correct: See ei ole õige / täpne / korrektne |
| No one here speaks Greek: Siin ei räägi keegi kreeka keelt |
| I'm not fluent in Italian yet: Ma ei oska veel hästi itaalia keelt |
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