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They both have siblings, and each sibling has its own role. As I mentioned before, indefinite adjectives and pronouns must agree in gender and number with the noun they refer to. This is the reason why Spanish has four positive indefinite adjectives and four negative indefinite adjectives:.
All of these eight indefinites are adjectives, which means they must be followed by a noun. Never forget that! Do you have any Spanish friend? No quiero ninguna camiseta. I do not want any T-shirt. Hemos comprado algunos libros.
We have bought some books. He olvidado algunas cosas. I have forgotten a few things. The adjectives ningunos and ningunas do exist and are still sometimes used, but native speakers are turning their backs to them and generally prefer using only their singular counterparts.
For example, if you want to say you do not have any siblings—siblings being a plural noun—you would want to opt for the singular form of the indefinite and the noun in Spanish:. You now finally have enough background and grammar information to dive into these word pairs. You will see that by understanding the underlying concept behind these words, they will no longer be confusing to you. I always tell my students that alguno is the older, independent brother that lives by himself in his own apartment and only comes to visit from time to time.
Alguno , on the other hand, is a pronoun, so it does its job by itself:. Yes, I have read one—we do not specify which one, it can be any of his books. I do not have any Spanish friend. Ningun zcggcz2. Would anyone be willing to explain the following concepts to me?
Alguien vs. Nadie vs. Ningun vs. Ninguna Muchas gracias! August 27, Daniel Plus I wouldn't trust Garak. Rumor has it, he's a Cardassian spy. August 6, Following this to come back to when I need it :. I need something else. I will travel some day. One of the main uses and meanings of alguno and alguna is working as a Spanish indeterminate pronoun. This means that, when the context is clear and understandable for everybody in the conversation, alguno and alguna are going to replace a noun.
However, this is not a rule. In this case, we use these words to talk about a small part of a larger group. Do you know if this car belongs to one of the neighbors?
Alguno and alguna can also be used when asking questions. Here are the phrase structure that we use for this meaning as well as some examples on how to apply it. Do any of these skirts work for you? Do you know if any of those girls is Laura?
However, as mentioned before, these words have some differences that prevent them from working in the same situations or contexts. Alguno is a pronoun. This is very common in conversations. Look at this example:. Do you have a friend that speaks Spanish? This means that these words are going to change if you want to use plural or feminine nouns.
So in order to interchange them, we need to make sure that: The context is clear enough. Person 2: understands the context and interchanges the noun for its corresponding pronoun.
Sara told us that one of these stores had discounts, which one was it? Definition — Algunos and algunas are used to talk about indefinite things or groups of people. As a result, they are always translated as some. Depending on the context and the grammar structures that you use, algunos and algunos could work as pronouns: they will be replacing a plural noun.
Algunos and algunas are also used to talk about indeterminate things and quantities. Tengo algunos pasteles en el refrigerador I have some cakes in the fridge. Algunos amigos van a venir a cenar Some friends are coming to have dinner.
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