Learn Dutch
A1 · Word order

Where niet goes

Put the negation before the word it negates.

  1. I don't work today.
  2. He doesn't live in Delft.
  3. I don't have time.
  4. The shop is not open on Sunday.
  5. We don't eat meat.
  6. She doesn't come tonight.
  7. I don't know the answer.
  8. The children are not at school.
  9. He doesn't understand it.
  10. We don't have a car.
  11. I don't like coffee.
  12. The film doesn't start at eight.