Spanish Negatives

Spanish Negatives

Just say "no".

Los negativos

• To make a sentence negative in Spanish, you usually put NO in front of the verb or expression. In English, we usually use the word "not"

• No me gusta cantar --> I do not like to sing

To answer a question negatively...

• You often use no twice. The first no answers the question. The second no says "I do not...(don't).

• This is similar to the way you answer a question in English

• Te gusta escribir cuentos? = Do you like to write stories?

• No, no me gusta nada --> No, I don't like at all

In Spanish, you might use one or more negatives after answering "no"

• Te gusta cantar? = Do you like to sing?

• No, no me gusta nada = No I don't like it all

• If you want to say that you do not like either of the two choices use ni...ni

• No me gusta ni nadar ni dibujar

• I don't like either swimming or drawing/I like neither swimming nor drawing

Fill in the following blanks with the correct expression

no, nada, tampoco, ni...ni