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Jan 07, 2012 - 11:12 AM
I'll try again, but if I fail someone else had better jump in! Pensa, pensa, pensa...
"Non" can go virtually anywhere in a sentence because its location is determined by the word it's linked to. It will always be linked (coupled?) with another word (probably a verb for where you are in the program).
It can go at the top of a sentence, like so: "Non siamo andare." (We are not going). But the ONLY reason "non" *begins* this sentence is because you have to place it before the verb it is negating, which in this case is "siamo." We say "we are not." They say (effectively) "not we are."
It can go in the middle of a sentence, too, like this: "Quello capello non è nero." (That hat is not black.) Here, the ONLY reason "non" is placed in the *middle* of this sentence is because you -- again -- have to place it before the verb it is negating, which in this case is "è." We say, "is not black." They say (effectively) "not is black."
Maybe that helps?!? :-)
"Non" can go virtually anywhere in a sentence because its location is determined by the word it's linked to. It will always be linked (coupled?) with another word (probably a verb for where you are in the program).
It can go at the top of a sentence, like so: "Non siamo andare." (We are not going). But the ONLY reason "non" *begins* this sentence is because you have to place it before the verb it is negating, which in this case is "siamo." We say "we are not." They say (effectively) "not we are."
It can go in the middle of a sentence, too, like this: "Quello capello non è nero." (That hat is not black.) Here, the ONLY reason "non" is placed in the *middle* of this sentence is because you -- again -- have to place it before the verb it is negating, which in this case is "è." We say, "is not black." They say (effectively) "not is black."
Maybe that helps?!? :-)