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 Negation | Spanish Negation |
| Negation | Negación |
| he is not here | él no está aquí |
| that is not my book | no es mi libro |
| do not enter | no 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 Negation | Spanish Negation |
| I don't speak | Yo no hablo |
| I don't write | Yo no escribo |
| I don't drive | Yo no conduzco |
| I don't love | No me gusta |
| I don't give | Yo no doy |
| I don't smile | No sonrío |
| I don't take | No tomo |
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| he doesn't speak | no habla |
| he doesn't write | no escribe |
| he doesn't drive | no conduce |
| he doesn't love | no ama |
| he doesn't give | no da |
| he doesn't smile | no sonrie |
| he doesn't take | él no toma |
| |
| we don't speak | no hablamos |
| we don't write | no escribimos |
| we don't drive | no conducimos |
| we don't love | no amamos |
| we don't give | no damos |
| we don't smile | no sonreimos |
| we don't take | no tomamos |
Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Spanish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Spanish Negation, you might want to check the rest of our Spanish lessons here: Learn Spanish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.