Negation

Finnish has special negative verb. This means, each grammatical person has its own form.

• Minä en tahdo mennä.
• I don't want to go.

• Sinä et tunne häntä.
• You don't know him.

• Hän ei osaa englantia.
• He doesn't speak english.

• Me emme enää tapaa.
• We won't meet again.

• Te ette tiedä totuutta.
• You don't know the truth.

• He eivät pidä ulkomaalaisista.
• They don't like foreigners.

Negative imperative

Negation verb ei is becomes älä in imperative mood.

• Älä mene!
• Don't go!

Negative imperative is used when denying someone:

Älä tupakoi!
Don't smoke
Älä juokse!
Don't run!
Älä yritä!
Don't try!
Älä tule lähemmäksi!
Don't come closer!
Älä ota sitä!
Don't take it!

All topics

• Vowel harmony
• Consonant gradation
• Verbs in general
• Personal forms
• Tempus
• Infinitives
• Verb types
• Negation
• Participles
• Nomines in general
• Nominative, genitive, partitive
• Essive, translative, abessive
• Location cases
• Pronouns
• Subjects and objects
• Types of senteces
• Questions
• Modifiers
• Derivation
• Orthography