Basic Negation

Kurz erklärt

To make a simple Spanish statement negative, place no directly before the conjugated verb. Unlike English, Spanish does not add an auxiliary such as do or does. The verb keeps the form required by its subject.

Bildung

subject + no + conjugated verb + rest of the sentence

Verwendung

• Use no to deny a fact or say that an action does not happen.
• If the subject is stated, it normally comes before no.
• Keep no immediately before the conjugated verb.

Beispiele

• No trabajo los domingos. — I don’t work on Sundays.
• Ella no vive aquí. — She doesn’t live here.
• No tenemos tiempo. — We don’t have time.

Typischer Fehler

❌ Yo hablo no español.

✅ Yo no hablo español.

Do not copy the English position of not. In Spanish, no goes directly before the conjugated verb.

Merke

Put no before the conjugated verb: no trabajo, no vive, no tenemos.