1. ** Does anyone have a flashlight? ** You always wear t-shirts.
Indefinite words refer to people and things that are not specific, for example:
**There’s some delivery person outside . **Someone is standing in the hall.
** Does anyone have a flashlight?
** You always wear t-shirts.
** I also study at ASU.
** Is there anything to eat?
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2. For example: No one is at home. There is nothing/not anything here.
Spanish indefinite words have corresponding negative words, which are opposite in meaning.
Negative words deny the existence of people and things or contradict statements.
For example: No one is at home.
There is nothing/not anything here.
None of these are right.
I never go to California. Neither does she.
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5. There are two ways to form negative sentences in Spanish.
You can place the negative word before the verb, or you can place no before the verb and the negative word after.
Spanish phrases can have double negatives.
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6. Practicamos un poco - - -
*** Alguien & nadie
¿Alguien lleva un(a) _________?
Si(no) _____ lleva un(a) __________.
**** Algo & nada
¿Compraste algo nuevo ayer?
Si(no) _____ nuevo ayer.
**** Siempre & nunca
¿Siempre cantas en la ducha? ¿Siempre te despiertas tarde?
_________ canto en la ducha _________ tarde.

7. Otro ejemplo: No hablo con nadie nunca de ningún problema, ni con mi familia ni con mis amigos.
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8. Because they refer to people, alguien and nadie are often used with the personal a.
The personal a is also used before alguno/a, algunos/as, and ninguno/a when these words refer to people and they are the direct object of the verb.
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9. ¡Atención! Before a masculine, singular noun, alguno and ninguno are shortened to algún and ningún.
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10. Note that ninguno(a) is rarely used in the plural.
¡Atención! alguno(a) and algunos(as) are not always used the same way English uses some or any.
For example: ¿Tienes algún libro que hable de los incas? Do you have a book that talks about the Incas?
Note that ninguno(a) is rarely used in the plural.
For example: ¿Visitaron algunos museos?
No, no visitaron ninguno.

11. Pero is used to mean but. The meaning of sino is but rather or on the contrary. It is used when the first part of the sentence is negative and the second part contradicts it.
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