Language/German/Grammar/Simple-negative-sentences

Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn some simple négative sentenses.

In the previous lesson‌ (Introduction), we learned how to say " I am --- ". In this lesson, we learn how we can say "I am not ---". Follow the lesson, please.

We use "nicht" if it's not for nouns.

Example :

• Ich bin Lehrer.

I'm a teacher.

• Ich bin Lehrer nicht.

I'm not a teacher.

When it comes to nouns, we use "kein" (for masculine and neuter) or "keine" (for feminine).

Example :

• Ich bin Lehrer.

I'm a teacher.

• Ich bin kein Lehrer.

I'm not a teacher.

Look at this example again, we delete the "ein / eine => an/ a" because it's more natural for native speakers.

Summary in different languages

Nos	ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATIONENGLISH	GERMAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
01	I'm a teacher.	ih kh been leh rehr	Ich bin Lehrer.	iCH biin lee rer	Eu sou um professor
02	I'm not a teacher.	ih kh been leh rehr nih kht	Ich bin Lehrer nicht.	iCH biin lee rer niCHt	Eu não sou um professor
03
04	I'm a teacher.	ih kh been leh rehr	Ich bin Lehrer.	iCH biin lee rer	Eu sou um professor
05	I'm not a teacher.	ih kh been kah ihn leh rehr	Ich bin kein Lehrer.	iCH biin káin lee rer	Eu nem sou professor

OBSERVATION : Use KEIN for masculine and neuter / Use KEINE for feminine

Other Lessons

• Plurals
• Inflections of adjectives
• Past Participle in German
• Objects
• Negation
• Present Tense
• Questions
• Indefinite Articles in German
• Adjectives
• Possessive Case in German