negatives – Nina Schmidt ~ Vancouver German and Spanish Lessons https://www.ninaschmidt.ca ~Private Language Instructor~ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:57:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Grammar Tips: Spanish Affirmatives and Negatives https://www.ninaschmidt.ca/2019/01/11/grammar-tips-spanish-affirmatives-and-negatives/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:57:40 +0000 https://www.ninaschmidt.ca/?p=4473  

Affirmatives   Negatives  
yes sí no no
always siempre never nunca
someone,somebody alguien no one, nobody ninguno, nadie
something algo nothing nada
somewhere en alguna parte nowhere en ninguna parte
also también neither tampoco
either ..or o… o neither nor ni …..ni
some algún/alguna not any ningún/ninguna

 

Spanish and English differ in that Spanish uses double or even triple negatives and the meaning stays negative. Once any one part of the sentence is in the negative the entire sentence must stay in the negative:

I do not know anybody at this party.                            No conozco a nadie en esta fiesta.

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