Learning the Vietnamese Negation is very important because its structure is used in everyday conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Vietnamese language. But first, we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Vietnamese.
Vietnamese negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy). Here are some examples:
English Negation | Vietnamese Negation |
Negation | Sự phủ nhận |
He is not here | Ông ấy không có ở đây |
That is not my book | Đó không phải là cuốn sách của tôi |
Do not enter | Không được vào |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Vietnamese has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Vietnamese.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Vietnamese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Vietnamese vocabulary.
English Negation | English Negation |
I don't speak | Tôi không nói |
I don't write | Tôi không viết |
I don't drive | Tôi không lái xe |
I don't love | Tôi không yêu |
I don't give | Tôi không cho |
I don't smile | Tôi không cười |
I don't take | Tôi không lấy |
He doesn't speak | Ông không nói |
He doesn't write | Ông không viết |
He doesn't drive | Anh ta không lái xe |
He doesn't love | Anh ta không yêu |
He doesn't give | Anh ta không cho |
He doesn't smile | Anh ta không cười |
He doesn't take | Anh ta không lấy … |
We don't speak | Chúng tôi không nói được |
We don't write | Chúng tôi không viết |
We don't drive | Chúng ta không lái xe |
We don't love | Chúng tôi không yêu |
We don't give | Chúng tôi không cho |
We don't smile | Chúng tôi không cười |
We don't take | Chúng tôi không lấy .. |