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This is a lesson about negation in Latvian. This includes words or expressions used to form a negative form as opposted to the affirmative. For example "I don't understand".
| No: nē |
| Nothing: nekas |
| Not yet: vēl ne |
| No one: neviens |
| No longer: vairs ne |
| Never: nekad |
| Cannot: nevar |
| Should not: nevajadzētu |
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: Mēs nesaprotam |
| I do not speak Japanese: Es nerunāju japāniski |
| I cannot remember the word: Es nevaru atcerēties to vārdu |
| You should not forget this word: Tev nevajadzētu aizmirst šo vārdu |
| No problem!: Nekādu problēmu! |
| I don't know!: Es nezinu |
| I'm not interested!: Mani tas neinteresē! |
| Don't worry!: Neuztraucies! |
| This is wrong: Tas ir nepareizi |
| This is not correct: Tas nav pareizi |
| No one here speaks Greek: Te neviens nerunā grieķiski |
| I'm not fluent in Italian yet: Es vēl nerunāju tik tekoši itāliski |
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