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#2
August 04, 2010, 08:36 AM
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Yes, it is commonly used in Spain (I can't tell you in other countries). It's like "nunca, jamás", but I believe that it's something popular, more than "nunca, jamás", which would be more formal. Although you could say "nunca, jamás de los jamases" (never, but never, never).
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August 04, 2010, 09:17 AM
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Yes, it's also commonly used in Mexico, also "nunca de los nuncas" and "nunca/jamás en la vida".
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August 04, 2010, 09:21 AM
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We have here some kind of preference for "nunca"... "jamás" sounds more definitive and more "melodramatic" for us.
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August 04, 2010, 09:21 AM
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los jamases ... los nuncas? Not "las jamases ... las nuncas"? Really?
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August 04, 2010, 09:29 AM
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Those words that become nouns, like adverbs or adjectives or verbs turn into masculines.
El aullar de los lobos. The howling of the wolves. El naranja es mi color favorito. Orange is my favourite colour. Los "para siempres" que nunca se cumplen. The "ever afters" that never come true.
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August 04, 2010, 09:33 AM
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Quote:
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#9
August 04, 2010, 06:19 PM
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¡Qué bárbara, Laepelba! Suenas como una amiga mía argentina que tenía en Barcelona.
 Por cierto, ¿sabías que jamás viene del latín «iam magis» = ya más? Su uso en frases negativas —«no lo hará ya más»— acabaría por darle valor negativo de por sí.
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