Sunday, February 05, 2012
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Unit 1: Introductions
Lesson 6: Present Tense Negation
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Click on the bold word to hear its pronunciation.

Австралија - noun - Australia
Америка - noun - America
болница - noun - hospital
Вера - noun - Vera
вие - pronoun - you (plural and formal)
вино - noun - wine
во - preposition - in, at
вози - verb - drive
да - to (in between two verbs)
дали - interrogative - whether
живее - verb - live
зборува - verb - speak
знае - verb - know
има - verb - have
јаде - verb - eat
јас - pronoun - I
кафе - noun - coffee
купува - verb - buy
куче - noun - dog
Македонија - noun - Macedonia
македонски - adjective - Macedonian
млеко - noun - milk
музика - noun - music
не - no, not
ние - pronoun - we
Нина - noun - Nina
од - preposition - from
оди - verb - go
Париз - noun - Paris
пее - verb - sing
пие - verb - drink
пишува - verb - write
продава - verb - sell
продавница - noun - store
работи - verb - work
сака - verb - like, love
се вика - verb - is called, is named
седи - verb - sit
слуша - verb - hear, listen
стои - verb - stand
сум - verb - be
таа - pronoun - she
ти - pronoun - you (informal)
тие - pronoun - they
тоа - pronoun - it
тој - pronoun - he
учи - verb - study
училиште - noun - school
чај - noun - tea
чита - verb - read


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To turn a positive sentence into a negative one, simply insert "не" before the verb, unless that verb is "има". (The verb "има" has its own negative counterpart that you encountered in the A-verbs 3 tutorial.)

When negating verbs other than "има", sometimes "не" will be directly in front of the verb, other times it will be separated from the verb by other short words, such as the short form(s) of the reduplicated pronoun, the clitic "ќе", etc. Since we have not yet studied the reduplicated pronouns or tenses other than the present, negation for now is as simple as inserting "не" before the verb.

However, note that with verbs such as "се вика", the "не" will precede the entire verb: "не се вика".


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