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This is a lesson about negation in Maltese. This includes words or expressions used to form a negative form as opposted to the affirmative. For example "I don't understand".
| No: Le |
| Nothing: Xejn |
| Not yet: Mhux għalissa |
| No one: Ħadd |
| No longer: Daqshekk |
| Never: Qatt |
| Cannot: Ma nistax (1st person), Ma tistax (2nd person), Ma jistax (3rd person M), Ma tistax (3rd person F), |
| Should not: Mhux suppost |
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: Ma nifhmux. |
| I do not speak Japanese: Ma nitkellimx bil-Ġappuniż |
| I cannot remember the word: Ma nistax niftakar il-kelma |
| You should not forget this word: Ma tistax tinsa' din il-kelma |
| No problem!: Mhux problema! |
| I don't know!: Ma nafx! |
| I'm not interested!: Mhux interessat! |
| Don't worry!: Tinkwetax! |
| This is wrong: Dan ħażin (M), Din ħażina (F) |
| This is not correct: Dan mhux tajjeb (M), Din mhix tajba (F) |
| No one here speaks Greek: Ħadd ma jitkellem bil-Grieg hawn |
| I'm not fluent in Italian yet: S'issa ma nitkellimx bit-Taljan b'mod fluwidu. |
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