Thursday, August 16, 2018

10. NOT

In Finnish, the word not is inflected like a verb.

Minä en I don't
Sinä et You don't (one person)
Hän ei He/she doesn't

Me emme We don't
Te ette You don't (2 or more people)
He eivät They don't

And just like with verbs, the words minä, sinä, me and te can be dropped.

En I don't
Et You don't (one person)
Hän ei He/she doesn't

Emme We don't
Ette You don't (2 or more people)
He eivät They don't

When there is a verb next to the word not, the verb has no ending. There is only the word stem. For example:

istua to sit
istu sit

En istu. I don't sit
Et istu. You don't sit.
Hän ei istu. He/she doesn't sit.
Emme istu. We don't sit.
Ette istu. You don't sit.
He eivät istu. They don't sit.


sanoa to say
sano say

En sano. I don't say
Et sano. You don't say.
Hän ei sano. He/she doesn't say.
Emme sano. We don't say.
Ette sano. You don't say.
He eivät sano. They don't say.


muistaa to remember
muista remember

Minä en muista I don't remember
Sinä et muista You don't (one person) remember
Hän ei muista He/she doesn't remember

Me emme muista We don't remember
Te ette muista You don't (2 or more people) remember
He eivät muista They don't remember

Here is an article from YLE News website:
Analyysi: Eurooppa ei sano tervetuloa 
Analysis: Europe doesn't say welcome

This article is from a Finnish Christian website;
Jos usko sanoo kyllä, Jumala ei sano ei
If faith says yes, God doesn't say no

 The verb to be, olla becomes ole:

Minä en ole I'm not
Sinä et ole You are not (one person)
Hän ei ole He/she is not

Me emme ole We are not
Te ette ole You are not (2 or more people)
He eivät ole They are not

Minä en puhu ruotsia. I don't speak Swedish.
Te ette sano nyt niin. You don't say so now. 
Poika ja tyttö muistavat mutta eivät sano. The boy and the girl remember but don't say.
Kuningas ei puhu niin. The king doesn't talk like that.
Jan ja Susan puhuvat englantia, mutta he eivät puhu suomea. Jan and Susan speak English but they don't speak Finnish.
Kuka ei istu nyt? Who is not sitting now?
Kuka ei istu huomenna? Who will not sit tomorrow?
Kuka ei muista, mikä vuosi nyt on? Who doesn't remember, what year it is now?
Li ja Antonio eivät tanssi, mutta Jaakko tanssii. Li and Antonio are not dancing, but Jaakko is dancing.
Helsinki ei ole maa. Helsinki is not a country.

Kissa ei ole koira. The cat is not a dog.
Äiti ei muista, muistatko sinä? The mother doesn't remember, do you remember?
Minä en ole japanilainen. I am not Japanese.
Sinä et ole ruotsalainen. You are not Swedish.
Hän ei istu enää. He won't sit anymore.
Nämä koirat istuvat kun sanot "Istu!" These dogs sit when you say "Sit!" 
Vain tämä koira ei istu. Only this dog doesn't sit.
Puhutko sinä, kun hän ei tanssi? Do you speak when he/she doesn't dance?
Huomenna me emme tanssi, mutta nyt me tanssimme. Tomorrow we won't dance, but now we are dancing.
Sinä et puhu venäjää, mutta puhuuko hän venäjää? You don't speak Russian but does she speak Russian?



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