No quiero comprar nada hoy.

today

Breakdown of No quiero comprar nada hoy.

• comprar: to buy
• no querer: to not want
• nada: anything

Questions & Answers about No quiero comprar nada hoy.

Why is there no yo at the beginning?

Because Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb form.

• Quiero already means I want
• So No quiero comprar nada hoy is perfectly complete without yo

You can add yo for emphasis or contrast:

• Yo no quiero comprar nada hoy, pero ella sí.
  The idea is I don’t want to buy anything today, but she does.

Why is it quiero from querer? That does not look regular.

That is because querer is a stem-changing verb.

In the present tense, the e in the stem changes to ie in most forms:

• yo quiero
• tú quieres
• él/ella quiere
• nosotros queremos
• vosotros queréis
• ellos quieren

So quiero is the correct I form of querer in the present tense.

Why is comprar in the infinitive instead of compro?