Syntaxdifficulty 2
negation
Spanish allows (and requires) double negation: `no … nunca / nada / nadie / ninguno / tampoco / jamás`. Single `nunca` etc. is fine if it precedes the verb.
Examples
No veo nada.
→ I don''t see anything.
Double negation is required, not a mistake.
Nunca como carne.
→ I never eat meat.
Pre-verbal `nunca` — no `no` needed.
Yo tampoco.
→ Me neither.
tampoco = also not.
Words in this rule
| Word | Part of speech |
|---|---|
| no | RB |
| ninguno | DT |
| nunca | RB |
| nada | NN |
| jamás | — |
| nadie | — |
| tampoco | RB |
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