questions and negation in spanish
  • shay January 21
    Hey this will be a long one.

    In spanish there are many options to say things.
    A) Ella es para mi
    In contraction Es no para mi
    In question of inflection
    Ella es para mi?
    Es para mi?

    In common way
    Es ella para mi?
    Es para mi?
    There is a duplication between the inflaction question and the common way of asking.
    Now the hardest part is negation

    b) Ella no es para mi.
    No es para mi.
    Inflaction: Ella no es para mi?
    No es para mi?
    Can we say. Es ella no para mi?
    And again we have es no para mi?
    Or es no ella para mi? Like the negation scale ella no es but backwards like in a question es ella.
    So we will get in contraction
    Es no para mi?

    I ask cause it is not common to see the form
    Es no instead of no es
  • Anna January 22
    Hello Shay!

    The adverb NO always precedes the verb or the object of the sentence. That applies to negative sentences and negative questions as well.



    See the follow sentences that are not gramaticaly correct:

    Wrong: Es no para mi. (the particle NO is not in front of the verb)
    The correct sentence is: No es para mi.

    Wrong: Es ella no para mi. (the particle NO is not in front of the verb). 
    The correct sentence is: Ella no es para mi.

    Wrong: ¿Es ella no para mi? (the particle NO is not in front of the verb). 
    The correct sentence is: ¿No es ella para mi?

    Wrong: ¿Es no ella para mi? (the particle NO is not in front of the verb).
    The correct sentence is: ¿No es ella para mi?

    To conclude, the construction "es no...¨, is not used in Spanish.

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