Breakdown of No, no hay ningún probador en la tienda.
no
no, not
en
in / on / at
la tienda
the store
haber
to be (there is / there are)
el probador
fitting room
ninguno
none / not any
Questions & Answers about No, no hay ningún probador en la tienda.
Why does this sentence use ningún instead of ninguno?
The word ninguno (none/not any) drops its final -o and adds an accent mark to become ningún whenever it comes directly before a masculine singular noun. Here, it comes right before the masculine singular noun probador.
The English translation says 'fitting rooms' (plural). Why is ningún probador singular in Spanish?
In Spanish, the negative words ningún, ninguno, and ninguna are almost always used in the singular. To say 'there are no fitting rooms', you literally say 'there is not any fitting room' (no hay ningún probador). You will rarely see the plural forms ningunos or ningunas.
Why are there three negative words (No, no, ningún) here?
The first No simply answers the question ('No, ...'). The rest of the sentence uses a standard Spanish double negative. When you put no before the verb (no hay), any indefinite words that follow must also be negative (ningún). It feels redundant in English, but it is grammatically required in Spanish.
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