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Unit 4A Labolengua Negatives and imperatives
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Unit 4A: Labolengua © Oxford University Press 2012 A Nada, nunca, nadie You can make a sentence negative by putting no in front of the verb: Me gusta el deporte – I like sport. No me gusta el deporte – I don’t like sport. To express other negative ideas you use no in front of the verb plus one of these words after it: No voy nunca a la piscina – I never go to the swimming pool. La semana pasada no compré nada en el supermercado – Last week I didn’t buy anything (I bought nothing) in the supermarket.
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Unit 4A: Labolengua © Oxford University Press 2012 Notice how to say ‘neither … nor …’: No me gustan ni el inglés ni las ciencias – I neither like English nor Science. nada – nothing nadie – no-one ni … ni … – neither … nor … ningún – none/not one no – no nunca – never tampoco – not … either
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Unit 4A: Labolengua © Oxford University Press 2012 B ¡No tires chicles al suelo! – instructions In Spanish there are lots of different instruction or command forms, where in English we just say ‘Do this!’ or ‘Don’t do that!’. You have to pick the right one to use to the right person.
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Unit 4A: Labolengua © Oxford University Press 2012 Add the following endings to the stem of the verb. -ar, e.g. ahorrar-er, e.g. beber-ir, e.g. subir positivenegativepositivenegativepositivenegative tútú¡Ahorra! Save! ¡No ahorres! Don’t save! ¡Bebe! Drink! ¡No bebas! Don’t drink! ¡Sube! Go up! ¡No subas! Don’t go up! usted¡Ahorre!¡No ahorre!¡Beba!¡No beba!¡Suba!¡No suba! vosotros/ as ¡Ahorrad!¡No ahorréis!¡Bebed!¡No bebáis!¡Subid!¡No subáis! ustedes¡Ahorren!¡No ahorren!¡Beban!¡No beban!¡Suban!¡No suban!
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