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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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