Questions & Answers about Ne volim da radim kasno.
- ne = not
- volim = I like / I love
- da = a particle that often introduces a subordinate clause, especially where English would often use to
- radim = I work / I am working
- kasno = late
So literally, the structure is something like I do not like that I work late, but the natural English meaning is I don’t like working late or I don’t like to work late.
In Serbian, negation is usually made by putting ne before the verb.
So:
- volim = I like
- ne volim = I do not like
This is a very common pattern:
- znam → ne znam = I know → I don’t know
- radim → ne radim = I work / am working → I don’t work / am not working
So ne is the normal way to negate the verb here.