Word
Ela não vai e eu também não.
Meaning
She is not going and neither am I.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Ela não vai e eu também não.
Why does the sentence use também não to mean "neither"?
Why is there no verb at the end of the sentence?
The English translation says "is not going", so why is there no word for "is" before vai?
The verb ir (to go) is doing all the work here. In Portuguese, the simple present tense often covers both general facts ("she goes") and actions happening right now ("she is going"). So, ela não vai means "she is not going" all by itself.
Could I say também não eu to match the English word order of "neither am I"?
No, that sounds unnatural in Portuguese. When giving a short "me neither" type of response, the subject pronoun (eu) goes first, followed by the negative phrase: eu também não (literally "I also not").