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No hay que perder la calma nunca.

No hay que perder la calma nunca.
One must never lose calm.
From Lesson 84:Impersonal obligation (hay que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about No hay que perder la calma nunca.

Why use hay que here instead of tienes que?
Hay que expresses a general rule, like saying one must or it is necessary to in English. It is impersonal, meaning it does not single out a specific person. If you wanted to tell a specific person you must, you would use tienes que instead.
Why are there two negative words (no and nunca)? Doesn't that make a positive?
In Spanish, double negatives are perfectly normal and actually required when a negative word like nunca (never) comes after the verb. Because nunca is at the very end of the sentence, we must also put no before the verb phrase (hay que).
Could I move nunca to the beginning of the sentence?
Yes! You could say Nunca hay que perder la calma. In Spanish, when a negative word like nunca is placed before the verb, you drop the no. Both versions are correct and mean the exact same thing.
Why do we need the word la before calma?
Spanish requires a definite article (el, la, los, las) when talking about abstract concepts or things in a general sense. While English speakers just say lose calm or lose your cool, Spanish says lose the calm (perder la calma).

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