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Old April 20, 2009, 06:09 PM
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Question Construcciones negativas y el presente progresivo

Construcciones negativas

Check this as well:

algo - something
alguien - somebody
siempre - always

nada - nothing
nadie - nobody
nunca - never

Part A

Your brother is in a very bad mood, and he insists on saying the opposite of everything you say. Complete each dialogue by using the expression that means the opposite.

Example:
--Voy a dar algo a Ricardo por su cumpleaños.
--Mateo no le va a dar nada por su cumpleaños.


1. --Yo siempre saco fotos en las vacaciones. ¿Y tú?
--Yo nunca saco fotos en las vacaciones.

2. --Alicia bailó con alguien ayer en la fiesta. ¿Y Pablo y Ana?
--Pablo y Ana balieren con nadie ayer en la fiesta.

3. --Yo no estudio con nadie hoy. ¿Y tú?
--Yo estudio con alguien hoy.

4. --Catalina nunca visita a su abuelita. ¿Y sus hermanas?
--Sus hermanas siempre vistan a su abuelita.

5. --Óscar no va a comer nada en el almuerzo. ¿Y Ernesto?
--Ernesto va a comer algo en el almuerzo.

Part B

Use tampoco, tambiénm and ni...ni.

1. --No me gusta estudiar. ¿Y a ti?
--No, no me gusta estudiar tampoco.

2. --A Rafael no le gusta bailar. A Julio no le gusta cantar. ¿Y a ti?
--No, no me gusta bailar ni contar.

3. --Me gusta cocinar. ¿Y a ti Ud.?
--Sí, me gusta cocinar también.


El presente progresivo

1. --¿Qué está haciendo Óscar?
--Él está bailando.

2. --¿Qué está haciendo tú?
--Yo estoy comiendo.

3. --¿Qué está haciendo Uds.?
--Nosotros estamos hablando.

4. --¿Qué está haciendo Ud.?
--Yo estoy sacando fotos.

5. --¿Qué está haciendo Norma y Olga?
--Ellos están viendo la televisión.

6. --¿Qué está haciendo Beatriz?
--Ella está poniendo la mesa.
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Old April 20, 2009, 07:33 PM
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Look at the example once again. You're missing one of the most important parts of negative statements in Spanish, and on the same note, an interesting contrast between Spanish and English.
*(Check out question 2, and look again at the verb to dance in Spanish: is it an -ar verb or an -ir/er?)
*Check out the spelling of the verb in question 4
As for present-progressive, a lot of the conjugations for the verb "estar" are wrong. Did you teacher pose those as questions, or did you write those? Make sure "estar" is conjugated correctly.
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2. --Alicia bailó con alguien ayer en la fiesta. ¿Y Pablo y Ana?
--Pablo y Ana (missing negation) balieren con nadie ayer en la fiesta. (Wrong verb conjugation)
4. --Catalina nunca visita a su abuelita. ¿Y sus hermanas?
--Sus hermanas siempre vistan a su abuelita. (Wrong spelling)
2. --A Rafael no le gusta bailar. A Julio no le gusta cantar. ¿Y a ti?
--No, no me gusta (missing something here) bailar ni contar.
Hints given above.
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sorry, balieren should be baileren??
vistan should be spelled visitan

and No me gusta ni bailar ni cantar. <<<Typed to fast -.-
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sorry, balieren should be baileren?? Check verb ending and conjugate accordingly.
vistan should be spelled visitan

and No me gusta ni bailar ni cantar.
One thing remains to be fixed besides the one I marked above.
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should be bailaren, -.- I realized my mistake -.-
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should be bailaren, -.- I realized my mistake -.-
Not yet!
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Jchen..... bailaron...... Pablo y Ana nunca bailaron con nadie ayer en la fiesta
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oh.

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Jchen..... bailaron...... Pablo y Ana nunca bailaron con nadie ayer en la fiesta
"Nunca" and "ayer" together? That's not possible. It's the same in English.
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