Section 2.11

Question

No entiendo las problemas en el "write" section:

¿Por que el negative de los dos preguntas:

1. Siempre necesitas papel. 3. También necesitas un lápiz y un bolígrafo.

No son:

1. Nunca no necesitas papel
2. Tampoco no necesitas un lápiz y un bolígrafo

?

I tried to actually use the negative twice as mentioned in the video. I guess on my last one, I am pretty close to the suggested answer, they simply moved tampoco after the vers, but in the first one, they did not use the negative form of the verb which is surprising.

Muchas gracias par algún ayuda

Answer 1

In Spanish you can use 2 or even more negatives in one sentence, but when you place the negative 'No' before the verb, the second negative has to be placed after the verb, it can be placed at the end of the sentence too. Soooo

Siempre necesitas papel -----> Nunca necesitas papel.

You can even have three negatives in this sentence.....

No necesitas ningún papel nunca.

Remember you can NOT have a positive word and a negative one in the same sentence.

Siempre necesitas algo.

Nunca necesitas algo WRONG

Nunca necesitas nada.

but in the first one, they did not use the negative form of the verb which is surprising.

Hmmm, are you trying to say it should be " no necesites"?? The sentence here is not a negative informal command, it's a simple statement saying that you don't need something.

Answer 2

¿Por qué el negativo de las dos preguntas?:

Siempre necesitas papel. 3. También necesitas un lápiz y un bolígrafo.

The sentences were changed from affirmative to negative declarations because that is what the instructions asked for. The purpose was to contrast the affirmative sentence structure with a negative sentence structure employing negative or indefinite words.

2) Nunca necesitas papel. (No necesitas nunca papel.)

3) No necesitas tampoco un lápiz ni un bolígrafo.

From your answers I think that you misunderstood part of the lesson and I suggest that you review it.

negation-this might be of interest to you