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Question

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¿Hablas por teléfono?

No, pero antes hablaba

¿Come carne Benito?

No, pero antes la comía

Answer 1

Remember to answer in two negatives. No, no pero antes halaba

Answer 2

You would not answer with two negatives in this instance. It would simply be: "No, pero antes comía." The answering with two negatives is done when you're answering no to an affirmative question and offering the negation after, which happens in English as well.

Were you eating? No, I was not eating.

¿Estabas comiendo? No, no estaba comiendo.

The first negation is to answer the question, and the second is to make the second statement true.

Notice that in the sentences in the question asked there was a question of whether someone did something, and the person said no, but didn't offer a negation. Rather, a qualification was given to the negative response, which does not require a second negation.

Answer 3

No, no pero antes halaba

No, pero antes la comía?

• No, no pero antes la comia. same goes for any future ?'s when answering negative. - kbleu63 Feb 15, 2012

Answer 4

No, pero antes comía.