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About Negatives
Mary´s Idioms -- Negatives and Double Negative Phrases
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| Apenas comes. | You barely eat. |
| Apenas comes nada. | You barely eat anything. |
| No tengo ninguno. | I don´t have any. |
| Nadie sabe eso. | Nobody knows that. |
| Jamás fumo. | I never smoke. |
| Tampoco comió ella. | She didn´t eat, either. |
| Ella tampoco comió nada. | She didn´t eat anything, either. |
| Él no habló. | He didn´t speak. |
| Él no dijo nada. | He said nothing. |
| Él no le dijo nada a nadie. | He didn´t say anything to anybody. |
| No compré ninguno. | I didn´t buy anything. |
| Ella nunca le compra nada a nadie. | She never buys anything for anybody. |
| No comes ni siquiera pan. | You don´t even eat bread. |
| Ni siquiera comes pan. | You don´t even eat bread. |
| No usas nada las computadoras. | You don´t use computers at all. |
| Nunca jamás vuelo. | I never, ever fly. |
| No ayudas nada. | You don´t help at all. |