In contrast, if the sentence involves one of the words in the previous sentence, such as: So, for example:Įnglish: Do you like cheese? Español: ¿Te gusta el queso?Įnglish: No, I don’t like cheese. This is because the Spanish language doesn’t have an equivalent of ‘don’t’. The first time to answer the question, and the second time to negate the verb. Moreover, if someone asks you a question, and your response is negative you’ll need to use the word ‘no’ twice. Español: Me gusta el queso.Įnglish: I don’t like cheese. Then you can flip between a positive and negative version of the sentence by simply adding a ‘no’ as follows:Įnglish: I like cheese. If you don’t need one of the words in the previous section, negation in Spanish is quite straightforward. Negative Sentences in Spanish: The general philosophy Positivoīut before we get to the detailed explanations, let’s next look at the general philosophy of forming negative sentences in Spanish. You’ll have to flip between the words in each pair as you go between positive and negative sentences in Spanish.
If you need to use ‘something’, ‘somebody’, ‘some’, ‘any’, ‘always’, or ‘also’ in a Spanish sentence or the negative equivalent, you’ll need to work with one of the below Spanish negative pairs.įor each negative pair, there is a positive word in the left column with an associated negative word in the right column. When you think about negation in Spanish, you’ll first need to decide whether you need to use one of the Spanish words below. The main affirmative and negative words in Spanish: A quick reference
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In this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know about negative sentences in Spanish including how to use Spanish negatives pairs, plurals, how to ask questions, and how you need to carefully deal with mass and count nouns. Then, you’ll find that plural nouns almost never occur in negative Spanish sentences, such as ‘no problems’ or ‘no questions’.Īnd, to see how strange it can get, I’ll show you how the translation of the word ‘some’ in Spanish in phrases such as ‘some money’ or ‘some bread’ is quite different from English. In fact, if one word is negative in a Spanish sentence we have to make all of the words negative.
What I mean is that when you translate a negative Spanish sentence word-for-word to English, you’ll end up with something that doesn’t make sense.įor starters, unlike English, double negatives in Spanish don’t make a positive. Negative words in Spanish, and more specifically, negative sentences in Spanish don’t quite sound right in English.
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