Stop saying: “I no understand.”

Say instead: “I don’t understand.” · A1 · Grammar

✗ Wrong

I no understand.

✓ Correct

I don’t understand.

Why?

To say no with a verb, use don’t before the verb. Do not put no before the verb. Say: I don’t understand.

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🎙️ REAL VOICES

The three correct examples below, in a real voice.

✗ I no like coffee.

✓ I don’t like coffee.

✗ We no have a car.

✓ We don’t have a car.

✗ They no live in Boston.

✓ They don’t live in Boston.

Say don’t + verb, never no + verb.

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