Ella vive en Madrid.
English: She lives in Madrid.
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- A2
- Unit
- Negación y estructura de la oración
- Practice types
- 0
What this grammar point covers
In Spanish, 'oraciones afirmativas, negativas e interrogativas' are affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. These are basic sentence types used to make statements, deny something, or ask questions.
When to use it
Use affirmative sentences to say something is true, negative sentences to deny or say something is not true, and interrogative sentences to ask questions.
Key forms
- Afirmativa: Sujeto + verbo + complemento. Ejemplo: Yo estudio español.
- Negativa: Sujeto + 'no' + verbo + complemento. Ejemplo: Yo no estudio francés.
- Interrogativa: ¿ + verbo + sujeto + complemento + ?. Ejemplo: ¿Estudias español?
Examples
Nosotros no comemos carne.
English: We do not eat meat.
¿Hablas inglés?
English: Do you speak English?
Tú no tienes hermanos.
English: You do not have siblings.
¿Trabajan ustedes aquí?
English: Do you (plural) work here?
Tips
- In negative sentences, always put 'no' before the verb.
- In questions, use the inverted question mark (¿) at the beginning and change the word order.
- Do not use double negatives as in some other languages; only one 'no' is needed.
Exceptions and edge cases
- Sometimes, question words like 'qué', 'dónde', or 'cuándo' start the question: ¿Dónde vives?
- In spoken Spanish, subject pronouns can be omitted if the verb makes it clear who the subject is.