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Level 3 - Lesson 28, nicht/kein negates the part that comes after it
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-the tldr at the bottom above the image- Or in the tutorials word "before the word it negates" So I don't think this is something that works in English (English also isn't my first language fwiw but I am NOT here trying to 1:1 German to English but rather trying to understand if I am missing something to make my brain think easier), so help me here understand this, the example would be: - Wir gehen nicht morgen ins Schwimmbad, sondern übermorgen. So what that means it if I place "Nicht" before "ins" instead that would mean the thing we negate in the sentence is the destination, right? So it will be: - Wir gehen nicht morgen nicht ins Schwimmbad, sondern ins Kino. And finally if I want to negate the entire sentence I would place nicht at the end: - Wir gehen morgen ins Schimmbad nicht. (I don't know if I can follow it up with "sondern im hotel bleiben").
TLDR: Okay the main question here if I got everything correctly is look at the image below and tell me if I am missing something in this exercise: So from the image above, how would I know from the English phrase alone which part it is negating? Thanks sincerely!!!
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Hi Jillfrost, Thanks a lot for pointing this out. You understood the use and place of "nicht" well, your example phrases are all correct. In the last one, you couldn't follow it up with "sondern im hotel bleiben", you'd have to add the subject again, so it's more complex.
One option could be: Wir gehen morgen ins Schimmbad nicht ; doch wir bleiben stattdessen im Hotel" Now, about the workout you're mentioning from the program, you're totally right that you can't guess where to place the "nicht" here, only in the last sentence (Wir mochten heute Abend nicht zu Niklas' Feier gehen, sondern in ein Restaurant). So for this phrase the contents team will take care of adding all possible options for "nicht", we'll let you know when this update is available.
Thanks for your comment again! Hope you're enjoying the rest of the program!
