| A | B |
|---|
| yo canto, yo no canto, | i sing, i don't sing |
| nada | nothing |
| nadie | no one |
| nunca | never |
| jama's | never |
| ninguno | not one |
| algo | something |
| alguien | someone |
| a veces, algunas veces | sometimes |
| siempre | always |
| alguno | some |
| nada | nothing |
| no tengo nada en mi bolsa | i have nothing in my bag |
| Ella no entiende nada | She doesn't understand anything |
| ?Tienen Uds. algo para ella? Nono tenemos nada. | Do you have something for her?No, we have nothing. |
| two verbs= no precedes 1st, nada folows2 | ella no quiere hacer nada. |
| no viene nadie a mi fiesta | no one is coming tp my party |
| nuncio comes/ Jama's ? | nuncio comes before verb, mama's follows it |
| Ella no habla nunca; es muy tímida. | she never talks, she is very shy |
| el no baila jama's | he never dances |
| Jama's bebo cafe' con azucar | I never drink coffee with sugar |
| No hay ningún hotel en esta cuidad | there is no hotel in this city |
| no tenemos ninguna idea | we have no(not one) idea |
| No tenemos ningunas vacaciones en agosto | We don't have any vacation in August |
| no precedes the verb, and ninguino follows it | ninguino is an adjective, so must agree in number and gender with noun it modifies |
| Ningún muchacho va a la playa | not one boy is going to the beach |
| Ninguina personal llega tarde para la clase | not one person arrives late for class |
| E'l no fuma ni cigarrillos ni cigarros | He smokes neither cigarettes nor cigars |
| Ella no compara ni revistas ni periódicos | She buys neither magazines nor newspapers |
| no mas que | not more than |
| E'l no tiene ma's que cien do'lares en el banco | He doesn't have more than one hundred dollars in the bank |
| tampoco | neither, either |
| Ella nunca va al cine . Yo no voy tampoco | She never goes to the movies. I don' go either. |
| ni...tampoco | either |
| sino | but rather |
| Yo no soy profesor, sino estudiante | I am not a teacher, but rather a student |
| de nada, por nada | your'e welcome, think nothing of it |
| Ya na | no longer |
| ahora no | not now |
| todavia no | not yet |
| ni siquiera | not even |
| El ni siquiera sabe escribir | He doesn't even know how to write |
| no es para tanto | it's not such a big deal |
| casi nunca | almost never, hardly ever |
| ma's que nada | more than anything |
| Silvia quiere viajar ma's que nada | Silvia wants to travel more than anythingnada ma's |
| nada m'as | nothing more, that's it |
| Paula tiene una casa en las montañas, nada ma's | Paula has a huse in the mountains, nothing more. |
