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Old March 30, 2010, 12:56 AM
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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".
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Also "nunca de los nuncas"

and "nunca en la vida"

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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".
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Also "nunca de los nuncas"

and "nunca en la vida"

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

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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?
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Old March 30, 2010, 08:39 PM
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Are both of these kind of like saying "... never, ever ..."?
Right.


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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?
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Old March 31, 2010, 12:32 AM
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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.
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