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Diferencias entre NO – NOT en inglés

por | Jul 20, 2021

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3

En el consejo gramatical de hoy, traemos dos pequeñas palabras en inglés que pueden llevar a confusión: No y Not. Ambos adverbios, como es evidente, hables el idioma que hables, los utilizamos para negar y componer frases negativas; el problema surge cuando nos resulta complicado aplicarlos correctamente. Por este motivo, hoy conoceremos sus diferencias y uso apropiado.
 

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Los usos de NO/NOT

1. No, se utiliza para contestar a una pregunta con respuesta binaria (sí o no) o indicar que algo está prohibido. Por ejemplo:

  • Are you Rachel? (¿Eres Rachel?)
  • No, I am Sarah. (No, soy Sarah)
  • No, parking. (No aparcar)

 

2. Usaremos Not para construir una frase negativa con un verbo auxiliar y con el verbo “to be” y con algunas expresiones específicas. Por ejemplo:

  • Are you Rachel? (¿Eres Rachel?)
  • No, I am not Rachel, I am Sarah (No, yo no soy Rachel, soy Sarah)

 

Expresiones:

  • Not yet (aún/todavía no)
  • Not really (en realidad no)
  • Why not? (¿por qué no?)
  • Not much (no mucho)

 

A continuación, os proporcionamos más ejemplos que os ayudarán a interiorizarlo de forma práctica y sencilla:

  • I am not a student.
  • I am not learning Spanish.
  • He does not play football.
  • They have not lived in Paris.
  • We cannot speak Russian.
  • She should not worry about it.
  • It will not rain tomorrow.
  • We ought not to miss our lesson.
  • You might not catch the train, etc

 

Recordemos que de la unión de estos verbos auxiliares con not obtenemos las siguientes contracciones: He doesn’t, They haven’t, We can’t, She shouldn’t, It won’t, You mightn’t, etc.

 

3. No, también puede significar not any (ninguno/a). Por tanto, podemos decir:

  • I have not got any children. (No tengo ningún/a hijo/a)
  • I have no children (No tengo hijos/as).

 

En este último ejemplo, no utilizamos not. Recuerde, en inglés, un doble negativo produce un positivo, por lo que: ‘I have not got no children’ en realidad significa ‘I have got (some) children’ (Tengo hijos).

 

Como habéis comprobado, ninguna de las dos palabras entrañan gran dificultad, pero en ocasiones lo más fácil nos lleva a cometer errores y por eso hemos querido hablar de ellas, sus diferencias y buen uso. Ambas comenzamos a practicarlas en Callan School of English en los niveles iniciales del Método Callan

 

¡No os olvidéis de practicar con los ejercicios que os proponemos en el archivo adjunto!

Apúntate a los cursos intensivos de verano 2023 y mejora tu inglés!!

 

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The difference between No and Not in English

por | Jul 20, 2021

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
 

We use both words for negations and negative sentences, but often find it difficult to distinguish their differences in how they are used.

 

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No and Not: their differences in how they are used

1. No, has the same use as in Spanish and is used to answer a question with a binary answer. For example:

  • Are you Rachel?
  • No, I am Sarah.

    •  

    2. We use the word Not to construct a negative sentence with an auxiliary verb and with the verb ‘to be’. For example:

  • Are you Rachel?
  • No, I am not Rachel, I am Sarah.

    •  

  • I am not a student.
  • I am not learning Spanish.
  • He does not play football.
  • They have not lived in Paris.
  • We cannot speak Russian.
  • She should not worry about it.
  • It will not rain tomorrow.
  • We ought not to miss our lesson.
  • You might not catch the train, etc

    •  

    Remember that from the union of these auxiliary verbs with the word ‘not’ we get the following contractions: He doesn’t, They haven’t, We can’t, She shouldn’t, It won’t, You mightn’t, etc.

     

    Practice what you’ve learned by doing the exercises!

     

    J. Nicolás
    Callan Team

     

    Download Exercise

    Jordi Soler
    Últimas entradas de Jordi Soler (ver todo)

    The difference between No and Not in English

    por | Jul 20, 2021

    Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
     

    We use both words for negations and negative sentences, but often find it difficult to distinguish their differences in how they are used.

     

    Download Exercise

     

    No and Not: their differences in how they are used

    1. No, has the same use as in Spanish and is used to answer a question with a binary answer. For example:

  • Are you Rachel?
  • No, I am Sarah.

    •  

    2. We use the word Not to construct a negative sentence with an auxiliary verb and with the verb ‘to be’. For example:

  • Are you Rachel?
  • No, I am not Rachel, I am Sarah.

    •  

  • I am not a student.
  • I am not learning Spanish.
  • He does not play football.
  • They have not lived in Paris.
  • We cannot speak Russian.
  • She should not worry about it.
  • It will not rain tomorrow.
  • We ought not to miss our lesson.
  • You might not catch the train, etc

    •  

    Remember that from the union of these auxiliary verbs with the word ‘not’ we get the following contractions: He doesn’t, They haven’t, We can’t, She shouldn’t, It won’t, You mightn’t, etc.

     

    Practice what you’ve learned by doing the exercises!

     

    J. Nicolás
    Callan Team

     

    Download Exercise

    Jordi Soler
    Últimas entradas de Jordi Soler (ver todo)

    The difference between No and Not in English

    por | Jul 20, 2021

    Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
     

    We use both words for negations and negative sentences, but often find it difficult to distinguish their differences in how they are used.

     

    Download Exercise

     

    No and Not: their differences in how they are used

    1. No, has the same use as in Spanish and is used to answer a question with a binary answer. For example:

  • Are you Rachel?
  • No, I am Sarah.

    •  

    2. We use the word Not to construct a negative sentence with an auxiliary verb and with the verb ‘to be’. For example:

  • Are you Rachel?
  • No, I am not Rachel, I am Sarah.

    •  

  • I am not a student.
  • I am not learning Spanish.
  • He does not play football.
  • They have not lived in Paris.
  • We cannot speak Russian.
  • She should not worry about it.
  • It will not rain tomorrow.
  • We ought not to miss our lesson.
  • You might not catch the train, etc

    •  

    Remember that from the union of these auxiliary verbs with the word ‘not’ we get the following contractions: He doesn’t, They haven’t, We can’t, She shouldn’t, It won’t, You mightn’t, etc.

     

    Practice what you’ve learned by doing the exercises!

     

    J. Nicolás
    Callan Team

     

    Download Exercise

    Jordi Soler
    Últimas entradas de Jordi Soler (ver todo)

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