The position of “nicht” in a sentence
posted 1 year ago
The negation “nicht” is positioned depending on the sentence elements. Let me give you a few rules for that today:
Nicht always follows:
- the conjugated verb
(e.g. Paula raucht nicht. Paula doesn’t smoke.)
- specific adverbs of time
(e.g. Paula arbeitet heute nicht. Paula is not working today.)
Nicht precedes most other elements:
- adjectives
(e.g. Paula ist nicht lustig. Paula isn’t funny.)
- most other adverbs
(e.g. Paula singt nicht gut. Paula doesn’t sing well.)
- infinitives
(e.g. Paula geht nicht schwimmen. Paula is not going swimming.)
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VERY IMPORTANT USE. I get negative marks for ‘nicht’ misplacements everytime!
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