Experiencias de racismo: negative pronouns 'nada', 'nadie', 'nunca'
I can understand and use 'nada', 'nunca' and 'nadie' in the context of people’s experiences of racism in Mexico.
Experiencias de racismo: negative pronouns 'nada', 'nadie', 'nunca'
I can understand and use 'nada', 'nunca' and 'nadie' in the context of people’s experiences of racism in Mexico.
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Key learning points
- 'Nada' means 'nothing, anything', 'nadie' means 'nobody, anybody', and 'nunca' means 'never'.
- When ‘nada’, ‘nadie’ and ‘nunca’ follow a verb, another negative such as ‘no’ must come before the verb.
- Unlike English, double negative structures in Spanish are widely used in formal and informal language.
- To conjugate regular -ar verbs in Spanish, take off the infinitive ending and add the approriate verb ending.
Keywords
Negative - word that negates the meaning of other words and clauses
Nada - nothing, anything
Nadie - nobody, no one, anybody, anyone
Nunca - never
Common misconception
As in English, double negatives structures in Spanish are not considered acceptable in formal language.
Double negative structures are commonly used in Spanish and are considered acceptable in formal language.
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6 Questions
breakfast
fair
secondary school
weekend
fourth
fifth
to help, helping
I help
you help
she, he, it helps
we help
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Exit quiz
6 Questions
nothing, anything
nobody, no one, anybody, anyone
never