Why is it nunca estoy and not estoy nunca

Precious P.A1Kwiziq community member

I noticed that nunca goes after nosotros,yo,él/ella, but not estoy. Why is that

Asked 3 years ago

InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish TeacherCorrect answer

Hola Precious

With verbs (any verb, not only estar) you can either say:

Nunca estoy...

No estoy nunca...

What we say in the lesson is that when there is a subject, the subject goes first, before nunca, not after:

Yo nunca... (not Nunca yo...)

Nosotros nunca... (not Nunca nosotros...)

María nunca... (not Nunca María...)

Saludos

Inma

Like13 years ago

I noticed that nunca goes after nosotros,yo,él/ella, but not estoy. Why is that

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