Negative in Malayalam
For test results and attitudes alike, Malayalam uses നെഗറ്റീവ് (negattivu), the English word written in Malayalam script. Hospitals, labs and newspapers all use it, which makes it the safe choice. In mathematics the term is ന്യൂനസംഖ്യ (nyoonasamkhya), a negative number.
Negative, not positive, unfavourable; also a test result showing absence.
അവന്റെ മനോഭാവം നെഗറ്റീവ് ആണ്.
avante manobhaavam negattivu aanu
His attitude is negative.
All Malayalam words for “negative”
- നെഗറ്റീവ് (negattivu) — Negative, not positive, unfavourable; also a test result showing absence.
- ഇല്ല (illa) — Dont; a spelling of do not; illa makes a statement negative, while aruthu and venda tell someone not to do something.
- ഇല്ലെങ്കിൽ (illenkil) — Unless, if not; Malayalam attaches -illenkil or -enkil to a negative verb, as in padichillenkil, unless you study.
- ഉം ഇല്ല (um illa) — Nor; Malayalam has no single word for it and adds um to each item with a negative verb, as in chaayayum illa kaappiyum illa.
- എന്നും (ennum) — Always, at all times, ever (with a negative word).
- ന്യൂനസംഖ്യ (nyoonasamkhya) — Negative number.
- രണ്ടും അല്ല (randum alla) — Neither; not one and not the other of two; Malayalam says randum alla or adds um to each item with a negative verb.
negattivu is the modern all purpose loan, while the grammar entries here, ഇല്ലെങ്കിൽ (illenkil), ഉം ഇല്ല (um illa) and രണ്ടും അല്ല (randum alla), show how Malayalam builds negative sentences instead.
Common questions
How do you say negative in Malayalam?
നെഗറ്റീവ് (negattivu) is used for negative results and negative attitudes alike.
How does Malayalam make a sentence negative?
The negative lives in the verb, as in the conditional ഇല്ലെങ്കിൽ (illenkil), if not, rather than in a separate word like not.