Learning the Polish negation is very important, because its structure is used in every day conversation. Polish negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy).<\/p>\n
When a verb is negated, the negative particle nie <\/strong>is always placed immediately in front of it. Nothing can separate a verb from the negative particle nie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Nie mam czasu<\/strong>. I don’t have time.<\/p>\n Nie kupi\u0119 chleba<\/strong>. I won’t buy bread.<\/p>\n Nie wiem o co ci chodzi.<\/strong> I don\u2019t know what are you talking about\/what you want.<\/p>\n When placed before one-syllable verbs, the particle nie <\/strong>takes the stress:<\/p>\n NIE chc\u0119<\/strong>, NIE wiem<\/strong>, NIE dam<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n When using words like nothing, never, nowhere, <\/em>and so on, Polish also uses nie <\/strong>before the verb, creating the impression of a \u201cdouble negation\u201d:<\/p>\n Nic nie mam <\/strong>I don’t have anything.<\/p>\n Nic nie robi\u0119<\/strong>. I don\u2019t do anything.<\/p>\n Nic mi si\u0119 nie chce. <\/strong>I don\u2019t want to do anything.<\/p>\n Nikt tu nie mieszka. <\/strong>No one lives here.<\/p>\n Nikt mnie nie lubi<\/strong>. Nobody likes me.<\/p>\n Nikt nic nikomu nie m\u00f3wi. <\/strong>No one says anything to anyone.<\/p>\n Another common word that occurs together with nie <\/strong>is \u017caden, \u017cadna, \u017cadne <\/strong>(none, not any<\/em>), as in \u017caden st\u00f3<\/strong>\u0142 nie jest wolny <\/strong>(No table is free<\/em>).<\/em><\/p>\n Verbs which ordinarily take the Accusative case take the Genitive case when negated:<\/p>\n Ogl\u0105dam telewizj\u0119. <\/strong>I’m watching television-Accusative.<\/p>\n Nie ogl\u0105dam telewizji. <\/strong>I’m not watching television.<\/p>\n The negation of be <\/em>in its existential sense of there is\/are <\/em>is expressed by nie ma <\/strong>(past nie by<\/strong>\u0142o<\/strong>, future nie b\u0119dzie<\/strong>) plus the Genitive case:<\/strong><\/p>\n W sklepie jest piwo. <\/strong>There is beer in the store.<\/p>\n Nie ma piwa w sklepie. <\/strong>There is no beer in the store.<\/p>\n Nikogo interesuj\u0105cego tam nie by\u0142o <\/strong>No one interesting was there.<\/p>\n Nie b\u0119dzie piwa na imprezie. <\/strong>There will be no beer at the party.<\/p>\n Nie<\/strong> can be used in quick questions and answers.<\/p>\n Q: Czy mo\u017cesz mi to poda\u0107?<\/strong> \u2013 Can you hand this to me?<\/p>\n A: Nie<\/strong> \u2013 No<\/p>\n Q: Czy widzia\u0142e\u015b to?<\/strong> Did you see this?<\/p>\n A: Nie<\/strong> – No<\/p>\n Q: Tak? <\/strong>– Yes?<\/p>\n A: Nie<\/strong> – No<\/p>\n I think we covered the whole topic. If I missed anything or if you have a question, please let me know in comments below.<\/p>\n Do nast\u0119pnego razu<\/strong>! (Till next time\u2026)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Learning the Polish negation is very important, because its structure is used in every day conversation. Polish negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy). When a verb is negated, the negative particle nie is always placed immediately in front of it. Nothing…<\/p>\n