Kilo Lingo

Spanish · Chapter 21 · Lesson 9 · Common mistake

no hables or no hablas?

A negative order is not simply the order with no put in front of it.

The rule

Spanish builds a negative command out of the SUBJUNCTIVE: no hables, no comas, no vengas. no hablas is not an order at all, it is a statement that you do not speak. The positive tú command (habla) and the negative one (no hables) come from different places entirely, which is why putting no in front of habla does not work.

Pick the right one

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Pick the right one: hables or hablas.

  1. ¡No tan alto!

  2. Tú no mucho en clase.

  3. Por favor, no ahora.

  4. ¿Por qué no conmigo?

  5. No le así a tu madre.

  6. Sé que no inglés.

  7. No tan rápido.

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