Luis no se presentó/No se Luis didn’t turn up.
presentó Luis.
¿No te gusta? Don’t you like it?
One exception is when nodoes not negate the verb, but some other word
that appears before it:No todospodemos tener un sueldo como el suyo.
Not all of us can have a salary like his.
No siempreayuda. He does not always help.The above patterns are maintained in sentences where a previously used
verb is later left unexpressed:Le interesa el fútbol pero no (le interesa) el rugby.
He likes football but not rugby.No used to negate words other than verbsThe word nois commonly used to negate adjectives or the adverb muy
‘very’:
una huelga no oficial an unofficial strike
una casa no muy grande a not very big houseHowever, as a complement to other words, nois usually placed after them:- ¿Vendrá pronto? ‘Will he come soon?’
- Mañana no. ‘Not tomorrow.’
¡Corridas no! No (to) bullfights!Other negative words
The following words are sometimes used alone before the verb.
Alternatively, they are commonly used after the verb which mustthen be
preceded by no, thereby creating the double-negative construction gener-
ally unacceptable in English, e.g. Nunca viene‘He never comes’ or No viene
nunca, literally:בHe doesn’t never come’×.24.2
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