NEGATIONS: not, no, not a (nicht v. kein-)

Target group: 1st-year students especially, but also 2nd-year.
Intended to help students understand and appropriately use the troublesome negation formulas.

HELPFUL REMINDERS: where you'd say 'not' or 'not the ... ' in English, use 'nicht' or 'nicht der/die/das ... ' in German. Where you'd say 'no' or 'not a ... ' in English, use 'kein- ' in German. AVOID anything like 'nicht ein' or 'kein ein ... ' !!!!!