Language/Gujarati/Grammar/Negation

Gujarati Grammar - Negation

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In this lesson, we will learn about negation in Gujarati. Negation is a way of expressing the opposite of something. It is an important part of any language and it is essential to understand how to use it correctly. We will look at the different ways of expressing negation in Gujarati and how to use them in different contexts.

Negation in Gujarati

Negation in Gujarati is expressed using the words na and naa. These two words are used to express the opposite of something. The word na is used when the negation is being expressed in the present tense, while the word naa is used when the negation is being expressed in the past tense.

For example:

Gujarati	Pronunciation	English Translation
હું જાઓ ના	huṃ jāo nā	I will not go
હું જાયું નાં	huṃ jāyuṃ nāṃ	I did not go

The word na is also used to express the negative form of a verb. For example:

Gujarati	Pronunciation	English Translation
હું નહીં જાવું	huṃ nahīṃ jāvuṃ	I will not go
હું નહીં જાયું	huṃ nahīṃ jāyuṃ	I did not go

The word na can also be used to express the negative form of adjectives. For example:

Gujarati	Pronunciation	English Translation
તે અચૂક નથી	te acūka naṭhī	It is not difficult
તે સરળ નથી	te sarala naṭhī	It is not simple

The word na can also be used to express the negative form of adverbs. For example:

Gujarati	Pronunciation	English Translation
તે તળે નહીં જાયું	te taḷe nahīṃ jāyuṃ	He did not go there
તે તળે નહીં આવું	te taḷe nahīṃ āvuṃ	He will not come there

The word na can also be used to express the negative form of nouns. For example:

Gujarati	Pronunciation	English Translation
તે માણસ નથી	te māṇasa naṭhī	He is not a man
તે ગુજરાતી નથી	te gujarātī naṭhī	He is not Gujarati

Conclusion

In this lesson, we have looked at the different ways of expressing negation in Gujarati. We have seen that the word na is used when the negation is being expressed in the present tense, while the word naa is used when the negation is being expressed in the past tense. We have also seen that the word na can be used to express the negative form of verbs, adjectives, adverbs and nouns.

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