learn Spanish 2.11 - written part

Question

can someone look at this for me please?

Q: Change each sentence so that it is negative and remember that your answers can be written two ways: negative word + verb or NO + verb + negative word. Por ejemplo: "Alguien está en mi pupitre -> Nadie está en mi pupitre OR No está nadie en mi pupitre." 1. Tienes que traer algo para el proyecto. 2. Siempre necesitas papel. 3. También necesitas un lápiz y un bolígrafo.

A: No tienes que traer nada para el proyector
Nunca necesitas papel
No necesitas tampoco un lápiz o un bolígrafo

Thank you!

Answer 1

I hope you get some feed back on this because I had questions after I finished that exercise, too. For the 3rd one I put "No necesitas un lápiz ni un bolígrafo." But I'm a beginner, so that may not be right.

Answer 2

I hope you get some feed back on this because I had questions after I finished that exercise, too. For the 3rd one I put "No necesitas un lápiz ni un bolígrafo." But I'm a beginner, so that may not be right.

I think that it would be:

No necesitas ni un lapíz ni un bolígrafo. (neither...nor)
That add a slightly different nuance to the sentence, however. So did Chrissy, even though, her answers are correct for what this lesson is trying to teach.

In logic 101 negating the sentence "You always need paper"
does not yield "You never need paper". It would be "you do not always need paper" allowing the possibility that you sometimes need paper.

Also in logic 101 the negation of "You also need pencil and a pen" does not yield ""you need neither pencil nor pen." Pencil and pen in logic is different than pencil or pen. (conjunction .vs. disjunction).

Disregarding all of that, just realize that when you negate a positive sentence in Spanish, you either put the negative word in front of the verb or if you place it after the verb you must place No in front of the verb.
So for the 1st sentence, "Tienes que traer algo para el proyecto" you have two choices to negate the sentence.

Nada tienes que traer **para el proyecto (awkward but follows the grammatical rule)
or
**No tienes que traer nada para el proyecto.