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Galician Negation

This is a lesson about negation in Galician. This includes words or expressions used to form a negative form as opposted to the affirmative. For example "I don't understand".

No: non
Nothing: nada
Not yet: non ainda
No one: ninguén
No longer: xa non
Never: nunca
Cannot: non podes
Should not: non deberías / non debería

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: non entendemos
I do not speak Japanese: non falo Xaponés
I cannot remember the word: non podo lembrar a palabra
You should not forget this word: non deberías (informal) / non debería (polite) esquecer esta palabra
No problem!: sen problema!
I don't know!: non sei!
I'm not interested!: non estou interesado (M) / interesada (F)
Don't worry!: non te preocupes! (informal) / non se preocupe! (polite)
This is wrong: isto está mal
This is not correct: isto non é correcto
No one here speaks Greek: ninguén fala Grego aquí
I'm not fluent in Italian yet: non teño fluidez co Italiano ainda

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