ITAL 1020 Chapter 8: Negatif
16 Jan 2017
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<> prima il verbo, <> dopo il verbo ( non goes first before the verb, Giorgio non sapeva niente. (giorgio didn"t know anything. ) Non vedevo nessuno. (i never used to see anybody. ) Carlo non usciva mai la sera. (carlo never went out in the evenings. ) A 20 anni non andavi pi al liceo. (at 20, you didn"t go to high school anymore. ) Non studiavate n latino n greco. (you didn"t study either latin or greek. ) In prima non sapevo ancora. (in first grade, i didn"t know how to read yet. ) When using the passato prossimo with the expressions ancora, mai, and pi , they are sometimes placed between the auxiliary verb (essere/avere): non li ho ancora fini. (no, i didn"t finish it yet. ) When some negative expressions precede the verb, non is not used: nessuno facevo sport. (nobody played sports. ) Nessuno follows the pattern un, uno, una, and un.
