¿Lógico o ilógico? - Using negative words.

Question

Please check my answers for the following assignment. My answers are in bold.

This is a listening activity, so I have written down the sentences as best as I could. Also, if I get one wrong, explanations would be great. As a fluent English speaker, it sounds funny to hear double negatives in Spanish. I will give my best explanation for my answers at the end.

1. ¿Con quién vas a ir al centro comercial? Tampoco voy a ir al centro comercial.
2. ¿Qué te probaste en la tienda? No me probé nada.
3. ¿Vas al mercado central mucho? No nunca voy al mercado central.
4. ¿Viste algo que te gustó? No, nadie.
5. ¿Prefieres estos zapatos o las botas? No prefiero ni zapatos ni las botas.
6. ¿Te gusta algún abrigo? No me gusta nadie.
7. ¿Cuándo vas a llevar esta chaqueta? No me la voy a poner nunca jamás.
8. ¿Me compraste algún regalo? Sí, te compré algo.

1) ilógico Tampoco means neither or not either. Correct response: No, nadie voy a ir al centro comercial.

2) lógico

3) lógico

4) ilógico Nadie referes to a person - No one; nobody; not anyone. However, the question is not asking about a person. Correct response: No, nada.

5) lógico

6) ilógico Again, nadie refers to a person but the question was not asking about a person, it is asking about a coat. Correct response: No, me gusta ningún (or nada?).

7) lógico

8) lógico

I would say 2 makes little sense to me- I wonder if it should be "¿Qué te probaste en la tienda? No me probé nada en la tienda." or something like that- I could do the exercise but it would be as a student, with no guarantee of correctness. - bosquederoble, May 8, 2015

I don't think the correction for 1 is right either- No voy a ir con nadie al centro comercial might be a better try I think. I could do this with all of them but in the end there would still be errors I suspect. - bosquederoble, May 8, 2015

Answer 1

I agree with Bosquederoble´s comments on the first two.

On #5 your logic is correct, but because the question asks about specific shoes (estos), the answer should be: los zapatos.

On #6 your illogic is correct, but your answer must be ninguno. To say ningún, you must say ningún abrigo - it can´t be spoken alone. And to say nada would not make sense.

The rest of your logics and illogics are correct.

Thanks, Julian. :) - bosquederoble, May 9, 2015

Answer 2

For clarification: We are asked to decide if the response to the question is logical or illogical. Person 1 asks a question, Person 2 answers it. For this particular assignment, I believe it revolves around the correct usage of Negative words.

Thank you for the clarification, but I see that several people including Julian, a native Spanish speaker, understood very well. I'm glad you got the help you needed. I am deleting my original comment about clarification. - Jubilado, May 9, 2015