Negative and Affirmative

Question 0

Negative Expressions-Rules

• General
• Nadie/nada

Answer 0

• Negative expressions go before or after verb, if placed after verb, place no before the verb also
• When nadie and nada are subjects, placed before verb (otherwise follow preposition of which they are the object)

Question 1

Pero and sino

Answer 1

-Use pero to say but as in however

• Use sino when you want to say but as in “Not this, but that instead”
• “No sólo [ ], sino también [ ]
  
  • (Not only [ ], but [ ] as well.)

Question 2

Negative Expressions-Rules

-Ninguno/a

Answer 2

• Means none, not a single one; match gender
• Ninguno and ninguna can stand alone or to before noun
• If ninguno(a) follows verb, place no before verb
• Ninguno changed to ningún before masculine singular noun

Question 3

Negative expressions and their counterparts?

Answer 3

• algo; nada (something; nothing)
• alguien; nadie (someone, no one)
• siempre; nunca (always, never)
• a veces, raras veces (sometimes, rarely)
• ninguno(a) (none)