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Nunca fumo en el salón.

Nunca fumo en el salón.
I never smoke in the living room.
From Lesson 77:Adverbs of frequency (a veces, nunca)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Nunca fumo en el salón.

Can I put nunca after the verb instead of at the beginning?
If you put nunca after the verb, Spanish requires a double negative. You would have to add no before the verb, making it no fumo nunca. When nunca comes before the verb, as it does in this sentence, you just say nunca fumo without the no.
Why doesn't the sentence say yo nunca fumo?
You can include yo (I) if you want to emphasize it, but because the verb ending in fumo already tells us it means "I smoke", the yo is usually dropped. It is completely natural in Spanish to start a sentence directly with an adverb of frequency like nunca.
Does salón mean a hair salon?
No, this is a common false friend! In a home, el salón is the living room or lounge. If you want to talk about a hair salon, you would use the word la peluquería.

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