The negation of Spanish sentences
is pretty simple. Take the word no
and put it in front of the verb that you want to negate.
Yo compro la casa = I buy the house.
Yo no compro la casa =
I do not buy the house.
In English there is still the modal
verb to be used before the not
and the main verb. No need to worry about them.
Just take the no,
put it in front of the main verb and that's it.
| Some
little specialties are to be taken into consideration |
with
the words nadie, nunca or tampoco
only
in with certain word order the no is
used before the verb; with the simple
word order it is like in English
|
nadie = nobody
|
|
| nunca =
never |
|
| tampoco =
not ... either |
|
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Nobody wants
to buy the house.
Nobody wants to buy the house. |
|
He never
receives money.
Never has he received money. |
|
He doesn't
speak Spanish either.
He doesn't speak Spanish either. |
As also in English you can use more negation words,
which won't get you plusses in style. But the sentence
will always stay a negative one. In math you can take
two minuses and you'll have a plus, here you still
have a minus.
|
He does
not talk to nobody
sinngemäß: Er spricht mit niemand. |
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