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Serbian Negation

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

No: не
ne
Nothing: ништа
ništa
Not yet: не још
ne još
No one: нико
niko
No longer: више не
više ne
Never: никада
nikada
Cannot: не моћи
ne moći
Should not: не требати / не смети
ne trebati / ne smeti

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: Ми не разумемо
Mi ne razumemo
I do not speak Japanese: Ја не говорим јапански
Ja ne govorim japanski
I cannot remember the word: Не могу се сетити речи
Ne mogu se setiti reči
You should not forget this word: Не смеш да заборавиш ову реч
Ne smeš da zaboraviš ovu reč
No problem!: Нема проблема!
Nema problema!
I don't know!: Не знам!
Ne znam!
I'm not interested!: Не занима ме!
Ne zanima me!
Don't worry!: Не брините!
Ne brinite!
This is wrong: Ово је погрешно
Ovo je pogrešno
This is not correct: Ово није тачно
Ovo nije tačno
No one here speaks Greek: Нико овде не говори грчки
Niko ovde ne govori grčki
I'm not fluent in Italian yet: Још не говорим италијански течно
Još ne govorim italijanski tečno

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