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

Starter quiz

Match the Spanish and English.

desayuno

⇔

breakfast ✓

justo

⇔

fair ✓

instituto

⇔

secondary school ✓

fin de semana

⇔

weekend ✓

cuarto

⇔

fourth ✓

quinto

⇔

fifth ✓
'nunca' means ______.

'never' ✓
Translate 'I never go to the football club'.

1

⇔

nunca

2

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voy

3

⇔

al

4

⇔

club

5

⇔

de

6

⇔

fútbol
Which of the following is an infinitive verb?

causo

causa

causan

causar ✓
Match the Spanish and English.

ayudar

⇔

to help, helping ✓

ayudo

⇔

I help ✓

ayudas

⇔

you help ✓

ayuda

⇔

she, he, it helps ✓

ayudamos

⇔

we help ✓

ayudan

⇔

they help ✓
Complete the sentence with the correct form of 'andar'. Lucía __________ sobre el puente (Lucía walks on the bridge).

ando

andas

anda ✓

Match the Spanish and English.

nada

⇔

nothing, anything ✓

nadie

⇔

nobody, no one, anybody, anyone ✓

nunca

⇔

never ✓
What is the missing word? ______ hay nadie para ayudar (there isn't anybody to help).

'no' ✓
Translate 'Hugo never tells the truth'.

1

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Hugo

2

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no

3

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dice

4

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nunca

5

⇔

la

6

⇔

verdad
True or false? In Spanish, double negatives are only used in informal speech.

True

False ✓
What is the missing verb? Daniel y Lucía __________ dinero (Daniel and Lucía save money).

ahorro

ahorra

ahorran ✓
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

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ando

2

⇔

anda

3

⇔

andan

4

⇔

andas

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

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.