In Spanish, negation is relatively simple - a negative word like "no" is placed before the main verb to make a sentence negative. There are other ways as well, such as using words like "nunca" meaning "never". Negative and positive words come in pairs, and learning them as pairs is helpful. When a negative word like "no" appears before the verb, everything after the verb takes on a negative meaning as well to maintain proper negation.

1. Negativos Negation in Spanish, that is to say, just saying NO , is relatively simple. To make a sentence negative, just put no before the main verb. Examples: I see the university / veo la universidad ; I don't see the university / no veo la universidad . I speak Spanish / hablo español . I don't speak Spanish / no hablo español . There are other ways of making a sentence negative. For example: I never speak Spanish / nunca hablo español or I never buy lottery tickets / nunca compro boletos de lotería . In all cases, there is, and must be, a negative word before the main verb.

2. Positive and negative words usually run in pairs and the simplest way to learn them is to learn them in their pairs. The following table should help. no….ni neither ... nor o…..o either ... or nunca, jamas never siempre always Ningun o,a no, none not any algun.. o,a,os,as some, any nadie no one, nobody alguien someone anyone nada nothing, not anything algo something, anything Negative Spn Negative Eng Positive Spa Positiv Eng