Breakdown of Él no ve ningún problema.
él
he / him (after a preposition)
el problema
the problem
no
no / not
ver
to see; to watch (TV, a film)
ninguno
none, no, not any
Questions & Answers about Él no ve ningún problema.
Why is it ningún and not ninguno or ninguna?
Ningún is the shortened form of ninguno (none/any). We drop the final -o when it comes directly before a masculine singular noun. Even though problema ends in -a, it is a masculine word (el problema). That is why we use ningún instead of the feminine ninguna.
Doesn't no ve ningún create a double negative?
Yes, and in Spanish, this is perfectly correct! When a negative word like ningún comes after the verb, you must put a no before the verb. Unlike English, Spanish requires these double negatives to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Why does ningún have a written accent mark when ninguno does not?
When we drop the -o from ninguno, the spoken stress naturally falls on the final syllable. Spanish spelling rules require a written accent mark on words that end in -n, -s, or a vowel if the stress is on that very last syllable. So, ninguno changes to ningún.
Why is problema singular here? In English we often say 'any problems'.
In Spanish, the negative words ningún and ninguna are almost always used in the singular form, even when English uses the plural 'any problems' or 'no problems'. You will rarely see the plural forms ningunos or ningunas unless the noun itself is only ever used in the plural (like glasses or scissors).
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