Questions & Answers about Hoy no nos levantamos temprano.
Why is there a nos before the verb?
The verb levantarse (to get up) is a reflexive verb, which means the action reflects back on the subject. Since we are getting ourselves up, we use the reflexive pronoun nos right before the conjugated verb levantamos.
Why does no go before nos instead of between nos and levantamos?
In Spanish, the negative word no always goes in front of the pronoun. You keep the reflexive pronoun and the verb together (nos levantamos) and put the no directly in front of the whole package to make no nos levantamos.
Where is the word for 'we' (nosotros) in this sentence?
You do not need it! The verb ending in -amos (levantamos) and the reflexive pronoun nos already tell us the subject is 'we'. In Spanish, you usually drop the subject pronoun because the rest of the sentence gives it away.
Does levantamos mean 'we get up' or 'we got up'?
It means 'we get up' (present tense) in this sentence. For -ar verbs, the 'we' form is exactly the same in both the present and the past tense! We know it is present tense here because of the word Hoy (today).