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This is a lesson about negation in Finnish. 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: Ei mitään |
| Not yet: Ei vielä |
| No one: Ei kukaan |
| No longer: Ei enää |
| Never: ei koskaan |
| Cannot: Ei voi |
| Should not: Ei pitäisi |
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: Emme ymmärrä |
| I do not speak Japanese: En puhu japania |
| I cannot remember the word: En muista sitä sanaa |
| You should not forget this word: Sinun ei pitäisi unohtaa tätä sanaa |
| No problem!: Ei kestä! |
| I don't know!: En tiedä! |
| I'm not interested!: Ei kiinnosta! |
| Don't worry!: Älä huoli! |
| This is wrong: Tämä on väärin |
| This is not correct: Tämä ei ole oikein |
| No one here speaks Greek: Kukaan täällä ei puhu kreikkaa |
| I'm not fluent in Italian yet: En puhu italiaa vielä sujuvasti |
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