Negatives (and Affirmatives)

Question 1

Nothing

Answer 1

Nada

Question 2

No one

Answer 2

Nadie

Question 3

Never

Answer 3

Nunca, jamás

Question 4

Not one

Answer 4

Ninguno

Question 5

Something

Answer 5

Algo

Question 6

Someone

Answer 6

Alguien

Question 7

Sometimes

Answer 7

A veces, algunas veces

Question 8

Always

Answer 8

Siempre

Question 9

Some

Answer 9

Alguno

Question 10

She doesn’t understand anything.

Answer 10

Ella no entiende nada.

Question 11

Do you have something for her?

Answer 11

¿Tiene Ud. algo para ella?

Question 12

She doesn’t want to do anything.

Answer 12

Ella no quiere hacer nada.

Question 13

We are not going to write anything.

Answer 13

No vamos a escribir nada.

Question 14

This book is somewhat interesting

Answer 14

El libro es algo interesante.

Question 15

This book is not interesting at all.

Answer 15

El libro no es nada interesante.

Question 16

No one is coming to the party.

Answer 16

No viene nadie a la fiesta.

Question 17

No one wants to cook tonight.

Answer 17

Nadie quiere cocinar esta noche.

Question 18

She never talks, she is very shy.

Answer 18

Ella no habla nunca, es muy tímida.

Question 19

I never drink coffee with sugar.

Answer 19

Jamás bebo café con azúcar.

Question 20

The boy never practiced the piano.

Answer 20

El niño nunca practica el piano.

Question 21

There is no hotel in this city.

Answer 21

No hay ningún hotel en esta ciudad.

Question 22

We have no idea.

Answer 22

No tenemos ninguna idea.

Question 23

We don’t have any vacation in August.

Answer 23

No tenemos ningunas vacaciones en agosto.

Question 24

Not one person arrives late for the class.

Answer 24

Ninguna persona llega tarde para la clase.

Question 25

Neither…nor…

Answer 25

No…ni….ni

Question 26

She buys neither magazines nor newspapers.

Answer 26

Ella no compra ni revistas ni periódicos.

Question 27

Not more than (with numbers)

Answer 27

No más que

Question 28

More than

Answer 28

Más de

Question 29

He doesn’t have more than one hundred dollars in the bank.

Answer 29

Él no tiene más que cien dólares en el banco.

Question 30

He has more than 100 dollars in the bank.

Answer 30

Él tiene más de cien dólares en el banco.

Question 31

Neither, either

Answer 31

Tampoco

Question 32

I don’t go either.

Answer 32

Yo no voy tampoco.

Question 33

Not…either

Answer 33

Ni…tampoco

Question 34

He doesn’t understand the lesson. Neither do I.

Answer 34

Él no entiende la lección. Ni yo tampoco.

Question 35

But rather

Answer 35

Sino - used in second clause of sentence when first clause is negative

Question 36

I am not a teacher, but rather a student.

Answer 36

Yo no soy profesor, sino estudiante.

Question 37

You’re welcome, think nothing of it.

Answer 37

De nada, por nada.

Question 38

You’re welcome, don’t mention it

Answer 38

No hay de que

Question 39

No longer

Answer 39

Ya no

Question 40

She no longer wants to work

Answer 40

Ella ya no quiere trabajar

Question 41

Not now

Answer 41

Ahora no

Question 42

Not yet

Answer 42

Todavía no

Question 43

Not even

Answer 43

Ni siquiera

Question 44

He doesn’t even know how to write.

Answer 44

Él no siquiera sabe escribir.

Question 45

Without + gerund + anything

Answer 45

Sin + infinitive + nada

Question 46

He answers without knowing anything.

Answer 46

Él contesta sin saber nada.

Question 47

It’s not such a big deal

Answer 47

No es para tanto.

Question 48

Almost never, hardly ever

Answer 48

Casi nunca

Question 49

More than anything

Answer 49

Más que nada

Question 50

Nothing more, that’s all

Answer 50

Nada más

Question 51

Sylvia wants to travel more than anything.

Answer 51

Silvia quiere viajar más que nada.

Question 52

I never receive anything from anybody.

Answer 52

No recibo nunca ninguna carta de nadie.

Question 53

He never asks anything of anybody.

Answer 53

Él jamás pide nada a nadie.

Question 54

They don’t want to travel ever again.

Answer 54

Ellos no quieren viajar nunca jamás.