Negation

Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupani  Andres Bonifacio   Aling pag-ibig pa ang hihigit kaya         Sa pagkadalisay at pagkadakila               Gaya ng pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa          Aling pag-ibig pa? Wala na nga, wala.   Walang mahalagang hindi inihandog     Ng may pusong wagas sa bayang nagkupkop    Dugo, yaman, dunong, katiisa't pagod         Buhay ma'y abuting magkalagot-lagot.  Ipagkahandog-handog ng buong pag-ibig    Hanggang sa may dugo't ubusing itigis   Kung sa pagtatanggol buhay ang kapalit   Ito'y kapalaran at tunay na langit.

Negation in Tagalong is achieved by using either the negative  HINDI ( "not" or "no") or WALA ("there is none" or "nothing"). This section will focus on the use of these negators in simple sentences.
On this page are a few stanzas of a poem written by Andres Bonifacio, the Father of Philippine Revolution. Take note of the usage of negators.

The Negator HINDI

HINDI is generally used to negate nominal (NOM), adjectival (ADJ), and verbal (VBL) sentences. This is done by placing HINDI before the predicate, the structure being:

Negative (HINDI)

+ Predicate

+ Subject

+  Complement(s)

Here are some examples illustrating this structure:

NOM	Hindi Amerikano ang bisita.	The visitor is not an American.
NOM	Hindi abogado and lalaki.	The man is not a lawyer.
ADJ	Hindi maganda ang panahon.	The weather is not good.
ADJ	Hindi malayo ang bahay ko sa opisina.	My house is not far from the office.
VBL	Hindi umuwi si Rey kahapon.	Rey did not come home yesterday.
VBL	Hindi nag-aral para sa eksamen si Art.	Art did not study for the exam.

When the subject or object or both are pronouns, they come immediately after the negator. If there are two or more pronouns, the shorter pro-form precedes the longer one(s). Otherwise, the complement(s) comes before the subject. Here are some examples:

NOM	Hindi siya Amerikano.	He/She is not an American.
NOM	Hindi siya abogado.	He is not a lawyer.
ADJ	Hindi ito maganda.	This is not good.
ADJ	Hindi ito malayo sa opisina.	This is not far from the office.
VBL	Hindi siya umuwi kahapon.	He did not come home yesterday.
VBL	Hindi siya nag-aral nito.	He did not study this.

The Negator WALA

WALA is generally used to negate existential and prepositional sentences. They imply the non-existence or absence of someone or something. This is done by using the negatorWALA in place of the existential particle MAY/MAYROON or in place of the "preposition" NASA. In the case of the prepositional sentence, it more complex than this, but for our purpose, this should do  for now.

EXISTENTIAL SENTENCES
Walang tao sa bahay.	There's nobody home.
Walang pera si Josie.	Josie has no money.
Walang klase ngayon.	There is no class today.
Wala akong panahon para mag-aral.	I don't have time to study.
PREPOSITIONAL SENTENCES
Wala sa klase si Noel kanina.	Noel was not in class earlier today.
Wala sa kwarto ang libro mo.	Your book is not in the room.
Wala sa akin ang susi.	I don't have the key (with me).
Wala rito si Lina.	Lina is not here.