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    The document discusses negatives and apocopation of adjectives in Spanish. It explains that Spanish uses "no" before verbs to express negatives and places object pronouns before negatives. It also introduces common negative words like "nadie", "nada", "nunca", and "ninguno". The document notes that Spanish allows multiple negatives in a sentence unlike English. It further explains that some adjectives have shortened forms before masculine singular nouns, like "ningun" and "algun". The document provides examples of negatives and adjective apocopation, with exercises for practice.

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    NEGATIVES AND

    APOCOPATION
    OF ADJECTIVES
     We express a simple negative in Spanish by
    placing 'no' before the verb.
    Los alumnos aprenden sus lecciones.
    Los alumnos no aprenden sus lecciones.
     When the object pronoun is used it always
    is preceded by the negative.
    Los alumnos no las aprenden.
    There are other frequently used negative words such as:
     Nadie - no one
    Nadie esta hablando.
     Nada - nothing
    Nada tengo en la bolsa.
     Nunca - never
    Tomas nunca va a iglesia.
     Ninguno - no ( used as an adjective), none
    No tiene ningun dinero.
     Ni...ni - neither... nor
    No tengo ni lapiz ni bioligrafo
     As we see in the examples above, in Spanish,
    unlike English, allows for the use of more than
    one negative in the sentence.
     No tiene ningun dinero.
     No tengo ni lapiz ni bioligrafo
     Note that the no always comes before the
    verb when the negative word comes after.
     Here are some more examples:
     Este hombre nunca dice nada a nadie.
     No tiene ninguna idea.
     If u were paying attention then u would
    see that in the examples we showed you
    the negative word ninguno looked
    different. here are the examples again:
     No tiene ningun dinero.
     No tiene ninguna idea.
     This is because, in Spanish, some
    adjectives have a shortened form when
    they precede a masculine singular noun.
     They are:
     Alguno - some
     Ninguno - none
     Primero - first
     Tercero - third
     Bueno - good
     Malo - bad
     Postrero - last
     The adjectives alguno and ninguno carry a
    written accent on the latter syllable of their
    shortened form but all other forms of these
    adjectives are regular.
     Algun chico
     El primer dia
     Un buen libro
     Un postrer deseo
     The adjective grande has a shortened form gran when it
    is placed before a masculine or feminine singular noun,
    and in this case it conveys the meaning of great or famous
    rather than big or large.
     Un gran hombre
     Una gran mujer
     The adjective ciento drops the 'to' when followed by
    another numeral except for mil and millon or when
    followed by a noun.
     Cien dolares
     Cien sillas
     Cien mil personas
     Ciento dos
     Lets refresh our memories
     Nadie - no one
     Nada - nothing
     Nunca - never
     Ninguno - no(as an adjective), none
     Ni...ni - neither ... nor
    There are two other common negative words:
     Tampoco - the negative word to express
    neither/either.
    No me gusta el ron. - Ni a mi tampoco.
    No juego al tenis - No lo juego tampoco. or
    Yo tampoco.
     Sino is used after a negative statement to
    contradict it. In English it means but (rather).
    Este hombre no es pobre sino rico.
    EJERCICIO
     Te gusta la película.
     No te gusta la película.
     Siempre estudio español.
     Nunca estudio español.
     Compro algún pez para mi acuario.
     No compro algún pez para mi acuario.
     Hay alguien en mi casa.
     No hay nadie en mi casa.
    Apocopation excercise
     Es un bueno chico.
     Es un buen chico.
     Ciento mil habitantes.
     Cien mil habitantes.
     Fue el primer alumno de la clase.
     Fue el primer alumno de la clase.
     Es bueno.
     Es bueno.
    Apocopation cont’d

     Cualquier persona puede hacerlo.


     Cualquier persona puede hacerlo.
     Es un malo momento.
     Es un mal momento.
     Es uno sitio muy buen.
     Es un sitio muy buen.
     Ninguno chico lleva eso.
     Ningún chico lleva eso.

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