Commands with 请, 吧, 不要 and Negation with 不, 没
Ask, suggest and tell people not to do things with 请, 吧, 不要 and 别, and choose correctly between 不, 没 and 没有.
Patrón
(请) + verb; verb + 吧; 不要/别 + verb; 不 + verb/adjective; 没(有) + verb (past) / 没有 + noun
Tell someone not to do something with 不要 or 别; use 不 for now and habits, 没 for what didn’t happen.
上课的时候不要玩手机。
When to use Commands with 请, 吧, 不要 and Negation with 不, 没
A command is usually just the verb phrase, with or without 你/你们: 坐！, 你们看这儿. Put 请 in front to make it polite (请坐), or 吧 at the end to make it a suggestion (我们走吧). To tell someone not to do something, use 不要 or 别 before the verb: 不要说话！ Plain 不 can’t do this: 不说话 means “not talking”, not “don’t talk”.
请进，请坐。
Come in, please, and have a seat.
大家看这儿。
Everyone, look here.
我们一起去吧。
Let’s go together.
我不喝咖啡。
I don’t drink coffee. (a habit)
Errores frecuentes
- For something that didn’t happen, say 我昨天没去, not 我昨天不去.
- Say 我没有钱, never 我不有钱: 有 is only negated with 没.
- To tell someone not to do something, say 不要说话！ or 别说话！, not 不说话！
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