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Spanish negative sentences
In Spanish, to make a sentence negative with compound verbs or complex verbal structures, simply put no before the first verb:
If the sentence has me, te, se, le, nos, os, les, lo, la, los, las then no goes in front of these:
In Spanish, the adverb no is often repeated to emphasise the negation.
See also Oración negativa and Forming negative sentences using no in Spanish (negation).
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Forming negative sentences using no (negation) with complex verbal structures
