Term
simple negation
不(bù) or 没有 ( méiyŏu )
ba4ba or mei2yo3u
Example Sentences
I do not like you.
我不喜欢你..
wŏ bù xǐhuān nǐ.
I do not want to go to school today.
我今天不想去学校.
wŏ jīntiān bù xiăng qù xuéxiào .
Don’t you have something to do now ?
你现在不有事 要 做吗
nĭ xiànzài bù yŏushì yào zuò ma
I told him that I did not help his friend.
我告诉他我没帮助他的朋友.
wŏ gàosù tā wŏ méi bāngzhù tā de péngyŏu.
Vocabulary
- to like : 喜欢 (xǐhuān )
- to go : 去 ( qù )
- school : 学校 ( xuéxiào ), 上学 ( shàngxué )
- today : 今天 ( jīntiān )
- to want :想 ( xiăng )
- to have : 有 ( yŏu )
- to have something to do : 有事 要 做 (yŏushì yào zuò )
- something : 东西 ( dōngxī ), 某事 ( mǒushì )
- now : 现在 ( xiànzài )
- to help : 帮忙 ( bāngmáng ) , 帮助 ( bāngzhù )
- to tell : 告诉 ( gàosù )
- friend : 朋友 ( péngyŏu )
References
End notes
Yall I am also learning Chinese, so bear with me regarding the translations. I am translating as I understand and not literally.
* Not 100% sure of this sentence’s translation.