Can I use negative form of infinitive verb following a main verb?
I am trying to translate "I try not to hurt anyone."
Should I use, "Yritän ei satuta ketään." or "En yritä satuttaa ketään."
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I would translate your sentence ”Yritän olla satuttamatta ketään” (or if it’s a question about feelings: ”Yritän olla loukkaamatta ketään”)
So grammatically it is a little complex, the negative meaning is formed with the postposition –tta (without).
”En yritä satuttaa ketään” is grammatically correct, but it translates ”I don’t try to hurt anyone” – which carries a bit different meaning.
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Oops I meant to give the answer here and not the comment section so yeah. You should use the negative word "En" to begin the sentence. So the correct one is "En yritä satuttaa ketään"
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The correct one is: "En yritä satuttaa ketään"
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