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The word "don't" when you use it with another verb in English doesn't really translate the way you're attempting to do so. You place a "no" before the verb to negate the idea. I know. / I don't know. (Yo) sé. (Yo) no sé. I drink coffee. / I don't drink coffee. (Yo) tomo café. / (Yo) no tomo café. As for your sentence "I don't want to go", I believe it should be like this (I'll wait for someone smarter than I to tell me if I'm wrong to leave out the preposition "a"...): I want to go. / I don't want to go. Quiero ir. / No quiero ir.
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No quiero ir. = I don't want to go.
In English, all verbs can be broken into two parts; an auxiliary and a main verb. The verb 'want' can be rendered 'do want'. The auxiliary 'do' is now visible. We would generally use this form only to show emphasis. For example: I do want to go. However, when we ask a question or when we use negation, the auxiliary is always present. For example: Do you want to go? I don't want to go. In Spanish, the verb isn't broken into two parts. There is no auxiliary. There is only a main verb. The same sentences I just wrote above are rendered in Spanish as follows. Yo sí quiero ir. = I do want to go. ¿Quieres ir? = Do you want to go? No quiero ir. = I don't want to go. |
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