Affirmative & Negative Sentences (Lesson - 14)
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August 08, 2025
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Affirmative and Negative sentences
(होकारार्थी आणि नकारार्थी वाक्ये)
Friends, today we are going to learn about affirmative and negative sentences and how to convert affirmative sentence into negative sentence. चला तर मग,
दिलेल्या होकारार्थी वाक्याचे नकारार्थी वाक्यात व नकारार्थी वाक्याचे होकारार्थी वाक्यात रूपांतर करताना दिलेल्या वाक्याचा अर्थ व काळ बदलू न देता रूपांतर करावे लागते. यासाठी खाली काही मार्गदर्शक शब्द प्रयोग दिलेले आहेत. नकारार्थीचे होकारार्थी करताना व होकारार्थीचे नकारार्थी करताना खालील तक्ता वापरावा. कधी कधी काही वाक्य त्यांच्या अर्थानुसार देखील बदलतात.
Negative
Affirmative
do not
Fail to
does not
Fails to
did not
Failed to
Can't
am/is/are unable to
Could not
was/were unable to
not only……but also
as well as
so …..that
too…to
If not
unless
not
little / without
no
hardly any/ free from/ less
nobody
hardly anybody
no one
hardly anyone
nothing
hardly anything
never
hardly ever/ always
no sooner……than
as soon as
nothing but
only
not at all
totally
No less
not much
not infrequently
equally
very little
quite frequently
होकारार्थी वाक्याचे नकारार्थी वाक्य तयार करताना खालील नियम वापरावेत.
Rules ( नियम):
१) पहिल्यांदा दिलेल्या वाक्यातील करता व क्रियापद लिहावे.
२) दिलेल्या तक्त्यातील बदलानुसार बदल करून उर्वरित वाक्य त्यापुढे लिहावे. मात्र दिलेल्या वाक्याचा अर्थ किंवा काळ बदलू देऊ नये. चला तर मग, आता वाक्यानुसार समजून घेऊया.
Make it negative
Examples
He fails to understand it.
He does not understand it.
I dislike these things.
I don't like these things.
We saw only peacocks.
We saw nothing but peacocks.
He was unsatisfied.
He was not satisfied. OR He was dissatisfied OR He was far from being satisfied.
Everybody was present yesterday.
Nobody was absent yesterday.
Mohan was unable to win the prize.
Mohan could not win the prize.
विद्यार्थी मित्रांनो वरील वाक्यांचे काळजीपूर्वक निरीक्षण केल्यानंतर असे आढळून येते की affirmative sentence चे negative sentence करताना आपल्याला विरुद्ध अर्थाचे शब्द माहित असणे आवश्यक असते. म्हणून पुढे काही विरुद्ध अर्थांच्या जोड्या देत आहोत. परंतु त्याआधी होकारार्थी वाक्य कशी बनवावी ते पाहून घेऊ.
Make it affirmative
Examples
It was not very much.
It was hardly anything.
If you don't study hard, you will fail.
Unless you study hard, you will fail.
There is no sugar in my coffee.
There is little sugar in my coffee.
Children had not followed their parents advice.
Children had ignored their parents advice.
Shilpa said nothing.
Shilpa remained silent.
It is not at all true.
It is totally false.
Antonyms (विरुद्धार्थी शब्द)
accept x refuse
always x never.
ability x disability
bitter x sweet
blunt x sharp
bold x timid
borrow x lend
broad x narrow
care x neglect
compare x contrast
allow x forbid
bright x dull
cheap x dear
damp x dry
dangerous x safe
defend x attack
dead x alive
defeat x victory
delight x sorrow
empty x full
divine x evil
fresh x stale
Oral x written
fail x succeed
fault x merit
few x many
foreign x native
genuine x fake
glad x sad
growth x decline
guilty x innocent
dangerous x safe
expand x contract
Plenty x scarcity
Public x private
Severe x mild
shy x bold
silent/quiet x noisy
tame x wild
tender x hard
truth x falsehood
urban x rural
vague x clear
worse x better
yield x resist
freedom x slavery
genuine x fake
idle x hardworking
knowledge x ignorance
natural x artificial/synthetic
often x sometimes
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