Learn how to say "not" and "don't have"
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| Hei, jeg heter Nora. Hi everybody! I’m Nora. |
| Welcome to NorwegianClass101.com’s “Norsk på tre minutter”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Norwegian. |
| In our previous lessons, we learned how to use the verbs å være and å ha. In this lesson, we’re going to learn how to turn these two verbs into their 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 a Norwegian friend. You ask him if he is ready, and he answers Nei, jeg er ikke klar. |
| Then, you ask him if he has a car to use to go to the party and he says Nei, jeg har ikke bil. |
| Let’s take a closer look at these two negative sentences. |
| Nei, jeg er ikke klar |
| Nei, jeg har ikke bil |
| [slowly] Nei, jeg er ikke klar/ Nei jeg har ikke bil |
| Did you catch some similar words in these two sentences? |
| Right! In each sentence, you have one little word, ikke. This is the special word used to make a verb negative in Norwegian. |
| So let's have a look at the way to switch from affirmative to negative. |
| First with the verb å være. If your friend *were* ready, he would say Jeg er klar, “I am ready.” But he actually said Nei, jeg er ikke klar. |
| So basically, you just have to put the word ikke after the verb to make it negative. |
| Now let's look at an example with the verb å ha, "to have"- |
| "I have a car" is jeg har en bil, and "I don't have a car" is Jeg har ikke bil. |
| But wait, this is a little different from the affirmative version. You might have noticed how the article en disappeared from the negative sentence. It is optional to have it in the sentence, but usually it sounds better without it. |
| So now, how would you say "I don't like this restaurant."? For reference, “I like this restaurant” is Jeg liker denne resturanten. Put ikke after liker. |
| Jeg liker ikke denne resturanten. |
| [slowly] Jeg liker ikke denne resturanten. |
| Easy, don't you think? So now you can turn many sentences into their negative form just by adding this little word Ikke after the verb. |
| Now it’s time for Nora’s Insights. |
| If you want to answer negatively but without being too direct, you can add the words så godt after the ikke. This will mean "I don't really..." |
| So if you want to say "I don't really like fish," it will be Jeg liker ikke så godt fisk. |
| Get ready for the next lesson because we are going to study a really important part of the Norwegian language - using adjectives. |
| I’ll be waiting for you in the next Norsk på 3 minutter lesson. |
| På gjensyn! |
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