PolyglotGym
CourseGrammarWords
LoginCreate Account
CourseGrammarWords

More

LibraryCommunity

Interface Language

Create AccountLogin
PolyglotGym
All languagesCoursesGrammar

Get the App

Download on theApp StoreGET IT ONGoogle Play
PolyglotGym

Learn Spanish online with interactive courses, vocabulary trainer, and more.

Learn

  • All languages
  • Courses
  • Grammar
  • Words
  • Align Vocabulary

Community

  • Library
  • Forum
  • Clubs

Get the App

Learn on the go

Download on theApp StoreGET IT ONGoogle Play

© 2026 PolyglotGym. All rights reserved

Privacy PolicyTerms of Service

CourseGrammarWords
  1. Home
  2. ›Grammar
  3. ›A1
  4. ›Negación
Estructura de la oraciónA1

Negación

Negation: no before verb, double negation with nada, nunca, nadie

Learning Goal

Can negate sentences and use double negation correctly

Exam Skills:Expresión escritaExpresión oral

Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?

No hablo francés.

I don't speak French.

No lo sé.

I don't know (it).

No quiero nada, gracias.

I don't want anything, thanks.

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

La negación en español es simple: colocar no antes del verbo.

AfirmativoNegativo
Hablo español.No hablo español.
Tengo un coche.No tengo coche.
Me gusta el café.No me gusta el café.

Doble negación (correcta en español):

  • No como nada. (I don't eat anything.)
  • No conozco a nadie. (I don't know anyone.)
  • No voy nunca. (I never go.)

Posición: No va antes del verbo y de los pronombres: No lo sé. (not *Lo no sé).

Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises

Practice Exercises
Placing 'no' after the verb or after object pronouns. Also avoiding double negation (which is correct in Spanish). 🇬🇧 English speakers: English puts 'don't' or 'not' differently. Spanish 'no' simply goes before the whole verb phrase including pronouns.

No hablo francés.

I don't speak French.

Simply place 'no' before the verb. No auxiliary verb needed (unlike English 'don't').

No lo sé.

I don't know (it).

'No' goes before pronouns AND verb: No lo sé (not *Lo no sé).

No quiero nada, gracias.

I don't want anything, thanks.

Double negative: no + nada. In Spanish this means 'I don't want anything' (not 'I don't want nothing').

Practice in course

Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises

A1 Course
← Back to topics

Put it into practice

Try a free exercise from the course

Related grammar topics

  • Verbos regulares -ar
  • Palabras interrogativas
  • Hay (there is/are)
  • Conjunciones básicas
  • Orden de palabras
  • Frases con infinitivo
  • Perífrasis ir a + infinitivo
  • Oraciones de relativo: que, donde, quien