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Spanish Negation

Learning the Spanish Negation is very important, because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master, the closer you get to mastering the Spanish language. But first we need to know what's the role of Negation in the structure of the grammar in Spanish.

Spanish negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy). Here are some examples:

English Negation	Spanish Negation
Negation	Negación
he is not here	él no está aquí
that is not my book	no es mi libro
do not enter	no entre

As you can see on the example above, the structure of the Negation in Spanish takes a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Spanish.

List of Negation in Spanish

Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Spanish placed in table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Spanish vocabulary.

English Negation	Spanish Negation
I don't speak	Yo no hablo
I don't write	Yo no escribo
I don't drive	Yo no conduzco
I don't love	No me gusta
I don't give	Yo no doy
I don't smile	No sonrío
I don't take	No tomo
he doesn't speak	no habla
he doesn't write	no escribe
he doesn't drive	no conduce
he doesn't love	no ama
he doesn't give	no da
he doesn't smile	no sonrie
he doesn't take	él no toma
we don't speak	no hablamos
we don't write	no escribimos
we don't drive	no conducimos
we don't love	no amamos
we don't give	no damos
we don't smile	no sonreimos
we don't take	no tomamos