Spanish Negation

Spanish Negation

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Spanish Negation

Learning the Spanish Negation is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Spanish language. But first we need to know what the role of Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Spanish.

Spanish negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy). Here are some examples:

English NegationSpanish Negation
NegationNegación
he is not hereél no está aquí
that is not my bookno es mi libro
do not enterno entre

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Spanish has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Spanish.

List of Negation in Spanish

Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Spanish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Spanish vocabulary.

English NegationSpanish Negation
I don't speakYo no hablo
I don't writeYo no escribo
I don't driveYo no conduzco
I don't loveNo me gusta
I don't giveYo no doy
I don't smileNo sonrío
I don't takeNo tomo
he doesn't speakno habla
he doesn't writeno escribe
he doesn't driveno conduce
he doesn't loveno ama
he doesn't giveno da
he doesn't smileno sonrie
he doesn't takeél no toma
we don't speakno hablamos
we don't writeno escribimos
we don't driveno conducimos
we don't loveno amamos
we don't giveno damos
we don't smileno sonreimos
we don't takeno tomamos

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