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Saturday 7 August 2010

More Negatives

To make sentences negative, you place no before the verb.  Other negatives may precede or follow the verb, but if they follow, they must follow a negative verb (a double negative).  The word order is either no + verb + negative or negative + verb. Nunca means ever when it follows a comparative; jamás means ever when it follows an affirmative verb. Ya no + verb means the same thing as no + verb + más (no more, no longer).
más
nada
nadie
ninguno (a)
tampoco
ni
ni...ni
ni siquiera
nunca, jamás
no more, no longer
nothing, (not) anything
nobody, (not) anybody
no, none
neither, either
nor
neither... nor
not even
never, ever
No bailas nunca. = Nunca bailas. You never dance.
No juego más. = Ya no juego. I no longer play.

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