No quiero resbalar otra vez en la acera mojada.

I do not want to slip on the wet sidewalk again.

Breakdown of No quiero resbalar otra vez en la acera mojada.

• yo: I
• querer: to want
• en: on
• la acera: the sidewalk

Questions & Answers about No quiero resbalar otra vez en la acera mojada.

Why is it no quiero resbalar and not no quiero resbalo?

Because after quiero (I want), Spanish uses the infinitive of the next verb.

• quiero = I want
• resbalar = to slip

So:

• Quiero resbalar = I want to slip
• No quiero resbalar = I don’t want to slip

You would not say quiero resbalo, because resbalo means I slip, and Spanish does not normally put a fully conjugated verb after querer in this structure.

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Why is no placed before quiero?

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

• Quiero resbalar = I want to slip
• No quiero resbalar = I don’t want to slip

This is very standard in Spanish:

• No tengo dinero = I don’t have money
• No puedo ir = I can’t go

So no comes before quiero, not before resbalar.

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