Breakdown of Jamás voy a olvidar ese día.
el día
the day
ese
that (masculine)
ir
to go
olvidar
to forget
jamás
never (emphatic; = nunca)
Questions & Answers about Jamás voy a olvidar ese día.
Why isn't there a no in this sentence? Don't Spanish negative sentences usually need one?
When a negative word like jamás (never), nunca (never), or nadie (nobody) comes before the verb, you drop the no. You only need no if the negative word comes after the verb. Both Jamás voy a olvidar and No voy a olvidar jamás are perfectly correct, but you cannot say No jamás voy a olvidar.
Can I use nunca instead of jamás here? What's the difference?
Why is it ese día and not esa día if the word ends in "a"?
Día is one of the most common rule-breakers in Spanish. Despite ending in "-a", it is a masculine noun (el día). Because it is masculine, it must be paired with the masculine demonstrative adjective for "that", which is ese.
Could I use the future tense olvidaré instead of voy a olvidar?
Absolutely. Jamás olvidaré ese día is completely correct and means the same thing. In everyday Latin American Spanish, however, the formula ir a + infinitive (voy a olvidar) is heavily used to talk about the future, often feeling more natural in conversation than the single-word future tense.
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