Nunca, jamás, tampoco, ni

[irmamar]

Sometimes we say "nunca jamás" (as a kind of hyperbole):

No volveré a fumar nunca jamás.
Nunca jamás volveré a mi ciudad natal.



And also: "jamás de los jamases".

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Also "nunca de los nuncas"

and "nunca en la vida"

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Sometimes we say "nunca jamás" (as a kind of hyperbole):

No volveré a fumar nunca jamás.
Nunca jamás volveré a mi ciudad natal.


And also: "jamás de los jamases".

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Also "nunca de los nuncas"

and "nunca en la vida"

Are both of these kind of like saying "... never, ever ..."?

Originally Posted by laepelba

Thanks!! Very helpful..... I believe that I need to come back to this and try to write some examples of my own ... I understand what you wrote with the "tampoco" and the "ni", but am not sure I would be able to put together any original sentence of my own. When I have some time, I'll try it........

Here are some of my attempts:
- Nunca he visto flores tan hermosas. (Never have I seen such beautiful flowers.)
- ¡Jamás decoraría mi cocina con las piñas! (I would never decorate my kitchen with pineapples.)
- No fuimos a Brownsville. Tampoco no fuimos a El Paso. (We did not go to Brownsville. We did not go to El Paso, either.)
- Tengo ni ganas ni dinero para viajar a Asia. (I do not have the desire nor the money to travel to Asia.)

How's that for starters?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Are both of these kind of like saying "... never, ever ..."?

Right.

Originally Posted by laepelba

Here are some of my attempts:
- Nunca he visto flores tan hermosas. (Never have I seen such beautiful flowers.)
- ¡Jamás decoraría mi cocina con las piñas! (I would never decorate my kitchen with pineapples.) Correct. "Las piñas" would be used if you are talking about "those" specific pineaples.
- No fuimos a Brownsville. Tampoco no fuimos a El Paso. (We did not go to Brownsville. We did not go to El Paso, either.)
If you say "tampoco" first, you don't say "no". So it's either "tampoco fuimos a El Paso" or "No fuimos tampoco a El Paso".
- Tengo ni ganas ni dinero para viajar a Asia. (I do not have the desire nor the money to travel to Asia.)

How's that for starters?

Fantastic!

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Also "nunca de los nuncas"

and "nunca en la vida"

I had never heard "nunca de los nuncas". This forum is a spring of knowledge.