Learn how to say "not" and "don't have"
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| Hola a todos! Soy Lucia. Hi everybody! I’m Lucia. |
| Welcome to SpanishPod101.com’s Español en tres minutos. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Spanish. |
| In our previous lessons, we learned how to use the verbs ser/estar and tener. In this lesson, we’re going to learn how to turn these three verbs into their negative forms in order to say "I'm not" and "I don't have." |
| So let's take an example. Imagine you are about to go to a party with a Spanish friend. You ask him if he is ready, and he answers No estoy preparado. [I’m not ready] |
| Then, you ask him if he has a car to use to go to the party and he says No tengo coche. [I don’t have a car.] |
| Let’s look at these two negative sentences- |
| No estoy preparado. |
| No tengo coche. |
| [slowly] no estoy preparado/no tengo coche |
| Did you catch some similar words in these two sentences? |
| Right! In each sentence, you have one more word, no. It’s simple, right? You only have to add the word no before the verb. |
| And this is an example with the verb estar. |
| Eres italiano? “Are you Italian?” |
| No soy italiano. “I’m not Italian.” |
| It’s exactly the same...easy, no? |
| Now let's look at an example with the verb tener, "to have"- |
| "I have a car" is Tengo coche, and "I don't have a car" is No tengo coche. |
| As you can see it is the same way again. |
| This is the only way to make a negative sentence, adding no before the verb. It doesn’t matter which verb you are using, the rule is always the same. |
| So now, how would you say "I don't like this restaurant?" For reference, “I want a cake.” is “Quiero un pastel”. Put no in before quiero. |
| No quiero un pastel. |
| [slowly] No quiero un pastel. |
| Easy, don't you think? So now you can turn many sentences into negative forms just by adding No. |
| There are a couple of exceptions with the verbs “to like” and “to love”. But we will learn more about these in the next few lessons. |
| Now it’s time for Lucia’s tips. |
| There is another way to reply negatively. |
| It’s so easy - all you have to do is add No and a comma to the front of a negative sentence. For example, No, no tengo cohe. [No, I don’t have car.] |
| No, no quiero pastel. [No, I don’t want cake.] |
| This way, you will put more emphasis on your denial. |
| Get ready for the next lesson because we are going to study a really important part of the Spanish language - using adjectives. |
| I’ll be waiting for you in the next Español en 3 minutos. |
| Nos vemos!! |
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