Mi prima no quiere rábano, pero sí un pepinillo pequeño.

to want

Breakdown of Mi prima no quiere rábano, pero sí un pepinillo pequeño.

• un: a
• pequeño: small
• mi: my

Questions & Answers about Mi prima no quiere rábano, pero sí un pepinillo pequeño.

Why is quiere used here, and what form is it?

Quiere is the 3rd person singular present tense of querer.

• yo quiero = I want
• tú quieres = you want
• él / ella quiere = he / she wants

Since the subject is mi prima = my cousin (female), Spanish uses quiere: my cousin wants / does not want.

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Why does Spanish put no before the verb in no quiere?

In Spanish, standard negation usually goes directly before the conjugated verb.

So:

• quiere = she wants
• no quiere = she does not want

This is one of the most basic sentence patterns in Spanish. Unlike English, Spanish does not usually need an extra helping verb such as does.

• English: She does not want
• Spanish: No quiere

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Why is it mi prima and not something like mía prima?