Negative Sentences Exercises For Icelandic Grammar

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Negative sentences in Icelandic grammar are generally formed by placing the negation ‘ekki’ (not) after the verb. It’s important to remember that in Icelandic, verbs usually don’t change in negative sentences. The negation becomes ‘ekkert’ (nothing) if it refers to an undetermined object and ‘neinn’ (no/none) if it refers to a determined object. Let’s explore this further with some exercises.

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate negative word ‘ekki’, ‘ekkert’ or ‘neinn’

1. ร‰g *ekki* sรฉ รพig. (not)
2. รžaรฐ er *ekkert* รญ kรถnnunni. (nothing)
3. Hann รก *neinn* hund. (no)
4. Viรฐ getum *ekki* gert รพetta. (not)
5. Hรบn talar *ekki* spรฆnsku. (not)
6. รžaรฐ er *neinn* kรณk รญ รญsskรกpnum. (no)
7. รžau hafa *ekkert* aรฐ segja. (nothing)
8. ร‰g skal *ekki* fara. (not)
9. Hann borรฐaรฐi *neinn* รญtalskur mat. (no)
10. รžeir fannst *ekki* aรฐ mรญnu hรบsi. (not)
11. Hรบn skrifaรฐi *ekkert* brรฉf. (nothing)
12. รžeirra dรณttir er *ekki* lรฆknir. (not)
13. Hรบn borรฐaรฐi *neinn* epli. (no)
14. Viรฐ vorum *ekki* รญ skรณla รญ gรฆr. (not)
15. รžeirra sonur kann *ekki* aรฐ synda. (not)

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate negative word ‘ekki’, ‘ekkert’ or ‘neinn’

1. รžau gleymdu *ekki* aรฐ loka dyrunum. (not)
2. ร‰g hafรฐi *ekkert* aรฐ vinna. (nothing)
3. Hann er *ekki* jรกkvรฆรฐ. (not)
4. Hรบn รพarf *neinn* pening. (no)
5. Viรฐ borรฐuรฐum *ekki* kvรถldmat. (not)
6. Hรบn hafรฐi *ekkert* aรฐ segja. (nothing)
7. รžaรฐ er *neinn* mjรณlk รญ รญsskรกpnum. (no)
8. รžau mรฆttu *ekki* รก vaktina. (not)
9. ร‰g las *ekkert* bรณk. (nothing)
10. รžeir hafa *neinn* bil. (no)
11. Viรฐ bjuggum *ekki* รญ Reykjavรญk. (not)
12. Hann fรณr *ekki* รญ bรณkasafniรฐ. (not)
13. Hรบn รกt *neinn* gรบrku. (no)
14. รžeirra hรบs er *ekki* stรณrt. (not)
15. Hรบn hafรฐi *ekkert* aรฐ lesa. (nothing)

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