Learn how to say "not" and "don't have"
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| Shalom, ani Yana. Hi everybody! I’m Yana. |
| Welcome to HebrewPod101.com’s “Ivrit be-shalosh dakot”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Hebrew. |
| In our previous lessons, we learned how to say simple affirmative sentences . In this lesson, we’re going to learn how to turn them into negative forms in order to say "I'm not" and "I don't have." |
| So let's take an example. Imagine you are about to go to a party with your Israeli friend. You ask him if he is ready, and he answers |
| Lo, ani lo muhan. |
| If your roommate were a girl, she would say: |
| Lo, ani lo muhana. |
| Then, you ask your friend if they have a car to use to go to the party and they say lo, ein li mehonit. |
| This sentence works for both male and female speakers. |
| Let’s look at these two negative sentences: |
| Lo, ani lo muhan/ muhana. |
| Lo, ein li mehonit. |
| [slowly] Lo, ani lo muhan |
| [slowly] Lo, ani lo muhana. |
| [slowly] Lo, ein li mehonit. |
| As you can already guess the word Lo, means simply “no”. . |
| So let's have a look on the way to switch from affirmative to negative. |
| First with the verb Muhan/Muhana, which translates as “ready” (in singular form). |
| If your friend *was* ready, he/she would say Ani muhan/muhana “I am ready.” But he actually said Ani lo muhan. |
| And if it is a girl- |
| Ani lo muhana. |
| So basically, you just have to put the word Lo before the verb. How easy is that? |
| Now let's look at an example with the car; |
| "I have a car" is Yesh li mehonit, and "I don't have a car" is Ein li mehonit. |
| But wait, this is a little different from the last version. |
| Why? For most cases, we make negative sentences by adding the word Lo before the verb. But when talking about possessions, it’s a little different. Instead of Yesh, we use a word which means the opposite -- Ein, or “to not have”. So, you simply need to say Ein instead of Yesh. |
| So now, how would you say "I don't like this restaurant?" Lets first say the affirmative sentence; “I like this restaurant” - |
| Since “to like” is a verb, use the first version and simply add lo before the verb. |
| So affirmative will be- “Ani ohev et ha-mis’ada ha-zo”. |
| (if you are a guy), and if a girl; |
| Ani ohevet et ha-mis’ada ha-zo”. |
| Now lets try to turn it to negative; |
| Ani lo ohev et ha-mis’ada ha-zo” |
| Or |
| Ani lo ohevet et ha-mis’ada ha-zo”. |
| [slowly] Ani lo ohev et ha-mis’ada ha-zo. |
| [slowly] Ani lo ohevet et ha-mis’ada ha-zo. |
| Ha-Mis’ada ha-zo- this specific restaurant. |
| Easy, don't you think? So now you can turn many sentences into negative form. |
| And if you want to say you don’t possess certain thing, just say; |
| Lo, ein li........ and add the noun, like, mehonit, sefer, et, esrim shekel etc.. |
| Now it’s time for Yana’s tips. |
| If you want to answer negatively but without being too direct, you can add the word kol-kah between the negative lo and the verb you want to use. This will mean "I don't really...." |
| So if you want to say "I dont really like this restaurant" it will be |
| Ani lo kol-kah ohev et ha-mis’ada ha-zo. |
| Ani lo kol-kah ohevet et ha-mis’ada ha-zo. |
| Get ready for the next lesson because we are going to study a really important part of the Hebrew language: using adjectives. |
| I’ll be waiting for you in the next Ivrit be-shalosh dakot |
| Lehitraot ve-ad ha-paam ha-baa !! |
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