'No one laughed at me'

Question

Have just returned from a week in Spain practising my Spanish. I want to tell my Spanish class tonight that I did well, people understood me and no one laughed at me.

Nadie no me rio - is that correct?

Thanks.

Answer 1

In Spanish "to laugh at something" is reirse de algo. So "No one laughed at me" would be Nadie se rió de mí.

Congratulations on the trip. It sounds like a great time.

Thank you - just knew I would get that wrong. Just hate reflexive verbs - chris-keen, Sep 29, 2010

"to laugh at" can also mean bularse or "to ridicule" - 0074b507, Sep 29, 2010

Isn't that burlarse? - KevinB, Sep 29, 2010

Answer 2

Nadie no se río de mí.

I thought you needed the double negative in Spanish. - DR1960, Sep 29, 2010

Sometimes you do. "I have no idea" = "No tengo ningún idea" = I don't have no idea. - KevinB, Sep 29, 2010

Thanks for the answer. Reflexive verbs are so tricky! - chris-keen, Sep 29, 2010

You need a double negative when the negative word follows the verb, not when it precedes it. - 0074b507, Sep 29, 2010

Yeah - No se rió nadie - No one laughed. Nadie se rió - No one laughed. But with de mí I think #2 works better. - KevinB, Sep 29, 2010

Answer 3

Congratulations!

You have just proven my point that there is no substitute for immersion and that making mistakes, if and when they happen, is OK.

You went for it. Well done!