Sym: Standard negation is symmetric.

(1) este előadás-ra megy-ek.

in_the_evening performance-sub go-prs.1sg

‘I’m going to the performance in the evening.’

(2) este nem megy-ek előadás-ra.

in_the_evening neg go-prs.1sg performance-sub

‘I’m not going to the performance in the evening.’

In Hungarian, negation is expressed by the nem negative particle. The verb form is the same in negative sentences as in affirmatives (cf. É. Kiss 2002: 130‒136, Kenesei et al. 1998: 112‒114, Kugler 2000d).