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Affirmative and negative mean yes and no. Can you translate these sentences into negative Spanish commands?
Grammar - Affirmative and Negative Commands
This Spanish Medium Review quiz will take a look at using affirmative and negative commands in Spanish. Up until now the quizzes in the Spanish Easy Review series and in the Spanish Medium Review series have dealt with using the positive or affirmative form of a sentence and/or a command (instruction). However, not everything is in the positive.
Answers, questions and commands can be negative. In English we use the words don’t, doesn’t and didn’t to indicate a negative question or statement. These words do not exist in Spanish. Rather, simply using the word 'no' is all that is needed. In Spanish, the word 'no' is placed before the verb. Let’s look at a few examples of affirmative sentences and then negative sentences.
1.
Call the police.
No ayudan a la policía.
No animar a la policía.
No llamar a la policía.
No hablar con la policía.
The negative of this sentence would be: Don’t call the police. The Spanish translation of the negative command is: No llamar a la policía. Llamar means to call.
2.
Make the bed.
No hacer el almuerzo.
No hacer la cama.
No hacer el pastel.
No hacer la caja.
The negative of this sentence would be: Don’t make the bed. The Spanish translation of the negative command is: No hacer la cama. Cama means bed.
3.
We laugh.
No pedimos.
No mentimos.
No gritamos.
No reímos.
The negative of this sentence would be: We don’t laugh. The Spanish word for laugh is reír. To then say 'We don’t laugh.' you would say: No reímos.
4.
They remember.
No recuerdan.
No creen.
No realizan.
No reciben.
The negative of this sentence would be: They don’t remember. The Spanish word for remember is recordar. To say 'They don’t remember.' is then said as: No recuerdan.
5.
Go to the store.
No ir a la ciudad.
No ir a la tienda.
No ir al sótano.
No ir a la feria.
The negative of this sentence would be: Don’t go to the store. The Spanish translation of the negative command is: No ir a la tienda. Tienda is store.
6.
Not today.
No hoy.
Ayer no.
Hoy no.
No ayer.
You must first determine the Spanish word for today. That word is hoy. This now means that the second and last answers can be eliminated. When the word 'no' is being used as 'not', it will come after the word. The first answer shows 'no' before hoy so it can be eliminated. The third answer translates as: Not today. The third answer is the correct negative translation. [NOTE: Some Spanish speaking countries will actually put the 'no' before the word as 'no hoy' so you might come across this. However, the most common format is to put 'no' after.]
7.
Stop the clock.
No parar el reloj.
No parar la lluvia.
No parar el juego.
No parar la boda.
The negative of this sentence would be: Don’t stop the clock. The Spanish translation of the negative command is: No parar el reloj. Reloj is clock.
8.
He sleeps in.
Él no encaja en.
Él no camina en.
Él no mueve en.
Él no duerme en.
The negative of this sentence would be: He doesn’t sleep in. The Spanish word for sleep is dormir. To say 'He doesn’t sleep in.' in Spanish you would say: Él no duerme en. Remember that the 'no' must come directly before the verb. As the pronoun él (he) is being used, the word 'no' will come after the pronoun and before the verb. You might see or hear the word 'no' used before the pronoun but it is an incorrect usage that many people mistakenly use.
9.
Not really.
Recientemente no.
Realmente no.
Recomendado no.
Listo no.
You must first determine the Spanish word for really. That word is realmente. This now means that the first, third and last answers can be eliminated. The second answer translates as: not really.
10.
Finish the test.
No terminar la siege.
No terminar la compra.
No terminar la prueba.
No terminar la historia.
The negative of this sentence would be: Don’t finish the test. The Spanish translation of the negative command is: No terminar la prueba.
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