Hindi grammar
Hindi negation with नहीं
नहीं (nahīṅ) is Hindi's everyday negator, placed before the verb it negates — the opposite position from English "not."
I don't go
मैं नहीं जाता
maiṁ nahīṅ jātā
नहीं sits directly before the verb.
This is not correct
यह सही नहीं है
yah sahī nahīṅ hai
Negates a description/identity statement.
There is no water
पानी नहीं है
pānī nahīṅ hai
Negates existence.
No (plain answer)
नहीं
nahīṅ
Also the everyday word for "no."
Don't go! (command)
मत जाओ
mat jāo
मत (mat), not नहीं, is used to negate commands.
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