🇫🇮 Finnish
Suomi • Latin
Negation: saying ‘not’ the natural way
Learn the main negative pattern and two phrases you’ll use constantly.
How negation works
Start with one common negative sentence and reuse it.
- Finnish uses a negative verb that changes by person: en/et/ei/emme/ette/eivät.
- The main verb appears in a special form: En ymmärrä. (not *En ymmärrän*).
En tiedä.
I don't know.
Emme ymmärrä.
We don't understand.
En ymmärrä.
I don't understand.
Practice tip
Say positive and negative back‑to‑back to train your ear.
- I understand → I don’t understand
- I know → I don’t know
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “I don't know.”?