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Learn about double negatives, use of 'no' with specific words, and the placement of 'todavía' in negative sentences in Spanish. Practice examples included.
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Capítulo 1Estructura Negative and affirmative expressions Pg. 29
Negative and affirmative expressions • Sentences in Spanish may contain two negatives (double negative. Often no is used before the verb and another negative expression follows the verb.
Negative and affirmative expressions • When the words nada, nadie, nuncaand tampocoprecede the verb, the word no is omited. Nuncavoy de paseo en bote. • When these words follow the verb, another negative (no) is needed before the verb. No voy de paseo en botenunca. O No voynunca de paseo en bote.
Negative and affirmative expressions • Todavía issometimesused at thebeginningor at theend of a negativesentencewhenitistheequivalent ofyet. Whenusedwithout a verb, todavíamust be usedwiththewordno, whichmostcommonlyfollowstodavía. Todavía no lo encuentran. No lo encuentran todavía. O Todavía no.