A sentence is usually made negative in Italian by placing the word non in front of the verb: Francesca voule dormire. (Francesca wants to sleep.) Francesca non voule dormire. (Francesca doesn t want to sleep.) Loro parlano cinese. (They speak Chinese.) Loro non parlano cinese. (They don t speak Chinese.) Only object pronouns may be placed between non and the verb: Lo conosciamo. (We know him.) Non lo conosciamo. (We don t know him.) Lo hanno fatto. (They did it.) Non lo hanno fatto. (They did not do it.) |