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Capítulo 1_Gozar
Expresiones afirmativas y negativas
Term | Definition |
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algo | something / anything |
nada | nothing |
¿Desea algo más? | Would you like anything more / anything else? (formal) |
¿Algo más? | Anything else? |
¿Nada más? | Nothing else? |
No pasa nada. | No problem - expression from Spain |
Nada más quería saludarle. | I just wanted to say hi. - expression from America |
¿No necesita nada más? | You do not need anything else? (formal) |
nadie | no one / nobody |
Nadie viene temprano. | Nobody comes early. |
No viene nadie. | Nobody is coming. |
alguien | someone / somebody |
¿Hay alguien en casa? | Is there anyone home? |
¿Va alguien a la playa este mes? | Is anyone going to the beach this month? |
No, no va nadie a la playa este mes. | No, no one is going to the beach this month. (no va nadie) |
No, nadie va a la playa este mes. | No, no one is going to the beach this month. (nadie va) |
Are there two ways to form a negative sentence with nadie? | Yes, there are two ways to form a negative sentence with nadie. |
nunca | never |
siempre | always |
Siempre íbamos a la playa de niños porque vivíamos cerca de la costa. | We used to always go to the beach as children because we lived close to the coast. |
Ella nunca iba a la playa de niña porque vivía lejos de la costa. | She never went to the beach as a child because she lived far from the coast. |
¿Iba ella a la play de niña? | Did she go to the beach as a child? |
No, ella nunca iba a la playa de niña? | No, she never went to the beach as a child. (nunca iba) |
No, ella no iba nunca a la playa de niña. | No, she never went to the beach as a child. (no iba nunca) |
Are there two ways to form a negative sentence with nunca? | Yes, there are two ways to form a negative sentence with nunca. |
también | also / too |
tampoco | neither / either |
Yo iba a la escuela en el autobús. | I used to go to school on the bus. |
Yo también iba en el autobús. | I also went on the bus. (también iba) |
Yo iba en el autobús también. | I also went on the bus. (iba en el autobús también) |
Are there two ways to form a sentence with también? | Yes, también can go before the verb or at the end of the sentence. |
Yo voy. Yo también voy. / Yo voy también. | I am going. I am going too. |
No voy. Yo tampoco voy. / Yo no voy tampoco. | I am not going. I am not going either. |
When tampoco and nunca are used before the verb, do I need to put "no" before the verb as well? | No -- when I use tampoco and nunca before a verb, I do not use "no" before the verb - only tampoco voy / nunca voy, etc. |
If I place nunca and tampoco at the end of the sentence, do I need "no" before the verb? | Yes -- if I place nunca and tampoco at the end of the sentence, I include "no" before the verb - No voy nunca / No voy tampoco. |
ni .... ni | neither ... nor |
Ni él ni ella | neither him nor her |
ella | she and her - depending on where it is placed it will be translated differently |
él | he and him - depending where it is placed it will be translated differently |
para él / para ella. Él es guapo. / Ella es guapa. | for him / for her He is good-looking. / She is good-looking. |
o | or |
él o ella | him or her / he or she |
algún día | some day |
alguna persona | some person / any person |
algunos días | some days |
algunas personas | some persons / some people |
ninguno de los días de fiesta | none of the holidays / not any |
ningún océano | no ocean / none / not any |
ninguna persona | no person / none / not any |
ningunas playas | no beaches / none / not any |