Immersive Spanish - Immersive Spanish, Season 6, San Sebastián, Episode 15 - A Bus Ride: Negatives

Episode Date: May 5, 2026

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who are able to vote on what we teach and where we go next. Let's get started. Right, so I've just come down off Montaulia. My legs are done. I'm Tengue las pyrnas Moy cancadas It was an incredible hike

But I am absolutely As they say in Spain Agotado I'm agotado I'm decended into This little fishing village called Passaya

Right at the edge of the bay And I'm now waiting At the bus stop For the E01 Back into San Sebastian The bus ride every 20 minutes or so, and it drops you right back into the center of the city. While I wait, let me teach you something really important.

Negatives. Don't worry, we'll keep it upbeat. Now, you actually already know how to make a sentence negative in Spanish. Remember, we simply add no at the beginning. So, for example, no Tengue Ambre. No voy to ir, no puo enra. no I have to pay That's the basic version

and it works for everything But in Spanish there's a whole family of negative words that go further than just no And once you have them Your Spanish sounds much more natural and expressive Let's go through them one by one

The first one is Nunca Nunca Nunca means never Nunca Come on, let's say it together. Nunca. Think of a nun who never does anything wrong.

Nunca, never. So, to say I never eat meat, which obviously isn't true, by the way, Nunca Como carne. I never eat meat. Nunca como carne. Now here's something interesting about Spanish negatives. In English, we avoid double negatives. We say, I never eat anything.

Not I never eat nothing, but in Spanish, double negatives, well, they're not just allowed, they're required. So you can say, no come nonca carne. Or you can put Nunca at the front. Nunca como carne. Overcorrect. when Nunca comes after the verb, you keep the no at the start. However, when Nunca comes before the verb, you drop the no, the no. Evil A works perfectly.

So, I never drink wine. Another lie, Nunca bevo vino. Nunca, bevo, vino. Alternatively, no bevo vino. No, I Bevo, Pino,

Nunca. She never works on Saturday. Nunca Travaja Los Savados. Nunca Travada

Los Savados. They never eat it. They never eat her. Nunca Comeen

Aki. Or no come here nonca. No, comment, here, never. Right,

the bus isn't here yet. Guys, I can see the bay from where I'm standing. Passaya is one of those places you'd actually never find unless someone told you about it. It's a tiny natural harbour. Fishing boats, old stone buildings, espectacular. I've never actually seen anything like it,

which brings me, perfectly, might I add to the next negative word. Nada. Nada means nothing. It's one of those words that even non-Spanish learners recognize. Nada. So let me show you how we can use it as a negative. No Tengo nada.

I don't have anything. No Tengo nada. No quiro nada. I don't want anything. No I want nothing. I don't want anything. No I'm

I'm not eaten nothing today. I've not eaten anything today. No he comido nada today. No he comido

nada. Very useful phrase, especially after a long hike like this one. And remember, double negatives are fine in Spanish. So, no Tengo Nada has both no and nada. Two negatives. That's exactly right, okay?

Don't be tempted to remove one of them. Now, nada also appears in a phrase, I think we've already learned together. De nada. Remember that one? De nada. We learned this early together in the season. Deer nada means you're welcome. literally of nothing

now you know exactly why it means that de nada of nothing you're welcome now the next one nadie let's say it together nadie Nadia Nadia means nobody

no one Nadia so what do you think this means no ain't nadia here No I There's nobody here. No ain't anybody here. No ain't anybody.

You already know I meaning there is or there are. So no ain't nobody. There is nobody. No ain't nobody here. Or no connozco a nobody. I don't know anyone. No

Conosco A Nadia Konosco means I know as in I know a person I'm familiar with them

so no Konosco a Nadie I don't know anyone How about this Nadia

Abla English here Nadia Abla English Aki Nobody speaks English here

English Obviously being English Nadia Abla English Right Oh yeah The bus is pulling in now.

Here it is. The Grand E-O-1. Let me get on. Hola. And, oh yeah, whilst I've got you guys, if you want to see me on location here in different parts of Spain, learning through immersion, head over to the immersive Spanish YouTube channel.

It'll inspire you to carry out your own adventures. Right, I'm on the bus now. It's about a 20-minute ride back into the same. city center. I'll tell you what though, the route apparently hugs the coast for a while before heading into the city. Stunning views even from the bus window. Now, let's do two more really useful negative words. Tampoko. Tampoko means neither or not either. Tampoko. This one comes up all the time in conversation. If someone says,

No me gust del cafe, I don't like the coffee. And you want to say, me neither. You say, A me, Tampoko. A,

me, Tampoko. Me neither. A me Tampoc. Literally, not to me either. If someone says something negative, like,

no me gustel cafe, you respond with Tampoko, because, you're agreeing with a negative. Now, a common mistake I made back in the day was by saying Tambien. But this is incorrect because Thambien only works with positive sentences.

This is a really common mistake. But in Spanish, you have to match the negative. And that's why we use Tampoko. Tampoko for agreeing with negative sentences. Tambien for positive. So if someone was to say, No, I'm not going to go, and you're also not going, you say,

you're also not going. You say, I'm not either. I'm not either. So in a full sentence, no me gusta the frio and also me gusta the juvia. No, me I don't like the frio

and also me gusta la juvia. I don't like the cold and I don't like the rain either. Very relatable here on the bass

coast. No me gusta el frio and also me gusta la juvia. And finally, our final negative is Ningun.

Ninguin. This means no. No, none, or not any. It's used with nouns. So, no, I don't have any problem. I don't have any problem.

No problem at all. No, I don't think a problem. No, Tengu, no problem. Or, no any restaurant there are

no restaurants here. No, no, restaurant. Now, Ninguin changes depending on the noun it's describing. For feminine nouns, it becomes Ninguna. So, uh, reserve. Reservation.

Feminine word. No Tengu Nizurva. I have no reservation. No Tengu Ninga. Reserva, feminine, so, Ninguna. Conversely, Dinero, money

masculine noun So to say I don't have any money No Tengoingun Dinero No Tengo Ningo Dino

Mascalin Ningun Feminine Ninguna Okay Right Well, we're coming back Into the city now

I can see the bay Opening up La Concha in the distance, nearly back. Let me quickly run through everything we've covered. How would you say never? Nunca. How about nothing?

Nada. Nobody? Nadia. How about neither or not either? Dampoko. And none? Nungun. Or nunguna.

Right. How would you say I never drink wine? Nunca bevo vino. Nunca. Bevo, vino. Or, alternatively, no bevo vino,

nunca. How do you say, I have nothing? No Tengo nada. Is that, I'm not so, I haven't eaten anything today. No I've eaten nothing today.

No, I comeido, nada, Oi. How about, there's nobody here? No, there's nobody here. No, there, no, I,

Nadia, here. How about, nobody speaks English here? Not that that's a problem for us, learners, but nobody speaks English here. Nadia Abla English here.

Nadia Abla, English, Acquis. How do you say me neither? Yo, Tampocco. How about I have no problem? And it's not no problema, as people often say in Spanish. No problema.

That's actually incorrect Spanish. It is, No Tengo Ningun Problema. No, Tengo, Nung, problem. And how about I have no reservation? No Tengo Ninguana

Reserva. An important thing to learn whenever you go to a tavern. They might ask you that. Do you have a reservation? I know. No, no. No Tenguana Reserva. Well, excellent Trabajo. Very well done.

So, the bus is pulling into the center now. I'm getting off here just by the river. My legs are absolutely finished. No I can't walk more. And, well, I haven't eaten anything since breakfast. No I've comeido nothing from the sayuna.

So, I'm going to find somewhere to eat right now. Tengo to eat. And by the way, if you want to take your Spanish beyond just listening, as in, if you want to start speaking, having real conversations, and getting corrected in the moment, check out Fluency Builder. It's the immersive Spanish app, and well, inside it you have your own,

your very own personal AI coach called Rodrigo. Rodrigo will speak with you in Spanish, correct your mistakes, and push you to use everything you're learning in these episodes. Head to the immersive Spanish app and get started with Fluency Builder today. Bonobio, heroes. Until next time,

Until the next. Ciao.