Positive and Negative Expressions

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What we’ll see...•Something - Nothing

•Someone - No one

•Some - None, Not any

•Always - Never

•Also - Neither, either

How to study

• One way that might work best is for you to study the words by comparing them instead of individually.

How to study

•Something

•Algo •Nothing

•Nada

How to study

•Someone

•Alguien •No One

•Nadie

How to study

•Some

•Algún/Alguno(a)

•None

•Ningún/Ninguno(a)

How to study

•Always

•Siempre •Never

•Nunca

How to study

• Also

• También•Neither / Either

•Tampoco

Other IMPORTANT stuff

•As I stated:

•Alguno and Ninguno must match the gender and number of the noun they are describing

Other IMPORTANT stuff

•Also, both have different forms that you must use in the masculine-singular forms.

•Alguno - Algún

•Ninguno - Ningún

Other IMPORTANT stuff

•In Spanish, if we are using a NO in the sentence, then we need to use the double negative.

•No quiero ningún postre.

•I don’t want any. (none/not any)

Other IMPORTANT stuff

• Nunca and Nadie (notice both negatives) are placed before the conjugated verb. Since both are found before, you do not need to use

Other IMPORTANT stuff

•Nadie nada en la piscina.

•Javier nunca estudia. No va a pasar la clase.