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Old July 14, 2009, 11:43 AM
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¿Ningún o ninguno/a?

Hola, una pregunta pequeña ¿cómo se debo usar esa palabra misteriosa?

Ningún gatera había sido...
Ninguna gatera había sido...

¿Se debe añadir la "A"?
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Old July 14, 2009, 12:34 PM
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Debe ser:

No tengo coche.
No tengo ningún coche.
No tengo ninguno.

No tengo casa.
No tengo ninguna casa.
No tengo ninguna.

The word is shortened to ningún when it comes before a masculine noun. Otherwise it follows the regular rules of agreement (when the noun is feminine or when no noun is present).
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Old July 14, 2009, 12:35 PM
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Debe ser:

No tengo coche.
No tengo ningún coche.
No tengo ninguno.

No tengo casa.
No tengo ninguna casa.
No tengo ninguna.

The word is shortened to ningún when it comes before a masculine noun. Otherwise it follows the regular rules of agreement (when the noun is feminine or when no noun is present).
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Old July 14, 2009, 12:37 PM
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De nada. Me da gusto que te haya servido.
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Old July 14, 2009, 12:49 PM
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I'd like to add that 'ninguno' is a pronoun (the same with alguno'):

Adjetivo indefinido + nombre:

No tengo ningún coche
Tengo algún dinero.
No tengo ninguna idea.
Tengo alguna idea.

Pronoun:

No tengo ninguno
No me confío en ninguna.
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Old July 14, 2009, 01:09 PM
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Can you correctly say: no tengo idea alguna.
In the past I have seen in writing evidence that the double negative
is not always used in Spanish.
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Old July 14, 2009, 08:21 PM
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Can you correctly say: no tengo idea alguna.
In the past I have seen in writing evidence that the double negative
is not always used in Spanish.
You can choose, apparently:
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4. Cuando el sustantivo al que modifica ninguno va pospuesto al verbo, este va necesariamente en forma negativa: se dice Ningún amigo me ha acompañado, pero No me ha acompañado ningún amigo. En este último caso, el indefinido ninguno puede ir pospuesto al sustantivo y es sustituible por alguno: No me ha acompañado amigo ninguno, de igual sentido que No me ha acompañado amigo alguno.
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Old July 14, 2009, 08:40 PM
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Gracias Malila y Vikingo. Aprendí varias cosas hoy. El colective en español el singular. Indagaste bien Vikingo dónde en RAE de Dudas se puede encontrar la regla acerca ninguno/a-alguna/alguno.
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The word ninguno means anything with the contrary of Alguno as Irmamar said before.
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Old July 14, 2009, 03:15 PM
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Sí, de acuerdo, pero existe un modo en que en se usa el doble negativo
en español. Lo vi escrito.
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