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La negazione - Negation
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lesson:
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Summary
Practice
Exercise
(1)
Negation
Write
out
the
simple
present
tense
conjugations
for
“mangiare”
in
the
negative:
Add
“non”
before
the
verb:
Mangio
(I
eat)
Leggo
(I
read)
Dormo
(I
sleep)
Finisco
(I
finish)
-‐>
io
Non
mangio
non mangio
(I
don’t
eat)
-‐>
tu
Exercise
(2)
Non
finisco
Write
out
the
simple
present
tense
conjugations
for
“mangiare”
using
“mai”:
(I
don’t
finish)
io
non mangio mai
Double
negatives
are
required
in
Italian!
So
if
you
want
to
say
“never”
or
“mai”
you
still
must
use
the
negation
word
“non”
as
in
the
formula
below:
voi
lui/lei/Lei
Double
negatives
noi
tu
loro
Non
dormo
(I
don’t
sleep)
-‐>
voi
lui/lei/Lei
Non
leggo
(I
don’t
read)
-‐>
noi
loro
Exercise
(3)
Non
mangio
mai
(I
never
eat)
Non
leggo
mai
(I
never
read)
Non
dormo
mai
(I
never
sleep)
Non
finisco
mai
(I
never
finish)
Convert
the
following
affirmative
sentences
into
the
negative
using
“non”
then
write
them
out
using
“mai”,
then
write
the
translation
in
English.
es.
Mangio
la
pasta.
Non mangio la pasta.
Non mangio mai la pasta.
I never eat pasta.
1. Mangiamo
la
frutta.
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