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- "Я не люблю пити молоко."
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I was wondering why молоко is in accusative instead of genitive, as the sentence is negative. But I found the answer in this forum:
In general in Ukrainian, negative verbs take the genitive. The main exception would be in a negative phrase in which the auxiliary verb is negative, but the direct object is of the positive main verb. For example:
- Я не читаю цієї книжки. - I am not reading this book. (Genitive because "book" is the object of the negative verb)
- Я не хочу читати цю книжку. - I don't want to read this book. (Accusative because the negative verb is "want," but "book" is the object of non-negative verb "read.")