1. Positive and Negative
Expressions
Aventura 1/2

2. What we’ll see...
•Something - Nothing
•Someone - No one
•Some - None, Not any
•Always - Never
•Also - Neither, either

3. How to study
• One way that might
work best is for you to
study the words by
comparing them instead
of individually.

4. How to study
•Something
•Algo
•Nothing
•Nada

5. How to study
•Someone
•Alguien
•No One
•Nadie

6. How to study
•Some
•Algún/
Alguno(a)
•None
•Ningún/
Ninguno(a)

7. How to study
•Always
•Siempre
•Never
•Nunca

8. How to study
• Also
• También
•Neither / Either
•Tampoco

9. Other IMPORTANT stuff
•As I stated:
•Alguno and Ninguno
must match the gender
and number of the noun
they are describing

10. Other IMPORTANT stuff
•Also, both have different
forms that you must use in
the masculine-singular forms.
•Alguno - Algún
•Ninguno - Ningún

11. Other IMPORTANT stuff
•In Spanish, if we are using a NO
in the sentence, then we need
to use the double negative.
•No quiero ningún postre.
•I don’t want any. (none/not any)

12. Other IMPORTANT stuff
• Nunca and Nadie (notice
both negatives) are
placed before the
conjugated verb. Since
both are found before,
you do not need to use

13. Other IMPORTANT stuff
•Nadie nada en la piscina.
•Javier nunca estudia. No
va a pasar la clase.