A sentence is usually made negative in Italian by placing the word non in front of the verb:
* u8 o2 D3 n( v/ T' V Francesca voule dormire.(Francesca wants to sleep.)' q6 m/ h, [; x1 y$ ]! c1 r
Francesca non voule dormire.(Francesca doesn't want to sleep.)
; ?. \- D, E+ l# N1 n2 e6 I Loro parlano cinese.(They speak Chinese.)
7 M& C- n" ?- y! c2 F2 b$ z Loro non parlano cinese.(They don't speak Chinese.)* x9 [( C" T/ q0 W# h# G9 K
Only object pronouns may be placed between non and the verb:
! e8 u" q; N; c; p) c! W Lo conosciamo.(We know him.)
6 `9 l, \- q( g) T/ ]- T Non lo conosciamo.(We don't know him.)
9 V5 y0 n, [0 _) z) o Lo hanno fatto.(They did it.)4 n- c/ C: v# N- P
Non lo hanno fatto.(They did not do it.) |