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Experiencias de racismo: negative pronouns 'nada', 'nadie', 'nunca'

I can understand and use 'nada', 'nunca' and 'nadie' in the context of people’s experiences of racism in Mexico.

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Experiencias de racismo: negative pronouns 'nada', 'nadie', 'nunca'

I can understand and use 'nada', 'nunca' and 'nadie' in the context of people’s experiences of racism in Mexico.

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Key learning points

  1. 'Nada' means 'nothing, anything', 'nadie' means 'nobody, anybody', and 'nunca' means 'never'.
  2. When ‘nada’, ‘nadie’ and ‘nunca’ follow a verb, another negative such as ‘no’ must come before the verb.
  3. Unlike English, double negative structures in Spanish are widely used in formal and informal language.
  4. To conjugate regular -ar verbs in Spanish, take off the infinitive ending and add the approriate verb ending.

Keywords

  • Negative - word that negates the meaning of other words and clauses

  • Nada - nothing, anything

  • Nadie - nobody, no one, anybody, anyone

  • Nunca - never

Common misconception

As in English, double negatives structures in Spanish are not considered acceptable in formal language.

Double negative structures are commonly used in Spanish and are considered acceptable in formal language.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:desayuno,breakfast
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breakfast

Correct Answer:justo,fair
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fair

Correct Answer:instituto,secondary school
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secondary school

Correct Answer:fin de semana,weekend
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weekend

Correct Answer:cuarto,fourth
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fourth

Correct Answer:quinto,fifth
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fifth

Q2.
'nunca' means .
Correct Answer: never
Q3.
Translate 'I never go to the football club'.
1 - nunca
2 - voy
3 - al
4 - club
5 - de
6 - fútbol
Q4.
Which of the following is an infinitive verb?
causo
causa
causan
Correct answer: causar
Q5.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:ayudar,to help, helping
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to help, helping

Correct Answer:ayudo,I help
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I help

Correct Answer:ayudas,you help
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you help

Correct Answer:ayuda,she, he, it helps
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she, he, it helps

Correct Answer:ayudamos,we help
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we help

Correct Answer:ayudan,they help
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they help

Q6.
Complete the sentence with the correct form of 'andar'. Lucía __________ sobre el puente (Lucía walks on the bridge).
ando
andas
Correct answer: anda

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:nada,nothing, anything
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nothing, anything

Correct Answer:nadie,nobody, no one, anybody, anyone
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nobody, no one, anybody, anyone

Correct Answer:nunca,never
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never

Q2.
What is the missing word? hay nadie para ayudar (there isn't anybody to help).
Correct Answer: no, 'no', No
Q3.
Translate 'Hugo never tells the truth'.
1 - Hugo
2 - no
3 - dice
4 - nunca
5 - la
6 - verdad
Q4.
True or false? In Spanish, double negatives are only used in informal speech.
Correct Answer: false
Q5.
What is the missing verb? Daniel y Lucía __________ dinero (Daniel and Lucía save money).
ahorro
ahorra
Correct answer: ahorran
Q6.
In what order would the Spanish verbs appear in this paragraph? Yo __________ todos los días pero mi hermano nunca __________. Mis padres __________ a veces. ¿Y tú? ¿__________ a menudo?
1 - ando
2 - anda
3 - andan
4 - andas

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