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wongtheo
8 Dez 2022

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What is the difference between

Ich will nicht Ski fahren

Ich will Ski fahren nicht

The lesson I read on the subject (your daily german “the position of nicht”) said that you put nicht before the word you want to negate when the word is in its side sentence structure (what you use when there is a subordinate conviction)


In this case that would be

Ich ski fahren will

And if i want to negate the “will” as “i DONT want to” then it would go before like in the second example.

I ask my German friends though and they say it should be the first but they can’t explain why.

Thanks for any help

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Klara_Marie
8 Dez 2022

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It goes “Ich will Ski fahren.”, never “Ich Ski fahren will”.

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LightningSt4r
8 Dez 2022

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@wongtheo Are you speaking about subordinate clauses, when you say "side sentence structure" and "subordinate conviction"? If yes, why does your excample only states a main clause?

Klara probably misunderstood you. Please give a more complete excample with main clause and subordinate clause, if you are refering to what I think.

Here is my take on it:

Ich kann nicht Ski fahren (simple negated main clause)
Ich habe Angst vor der Piste, weil ich nicht Ski fahren kann. (with new main clause and negated subordinate clause)

It appears, AS IF "nicht" switched position... but that's a wrong statement! Actually it's the active verb "kann" that switches the position in a subordinate clause.

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What is the difference between Ich will nicht Ski fahren Ich will Ski fahren nicht The lesson I read on the subject (your daily german “the position of nicht”) said that you put nicht before the word you want to negate when the word is in its side sentence structure (what you use when there is a subordinate conviction) In this case that would be Ich ski fahren will And if i want to negate the “will” as “i DONT want to” then it would go before like in the second example. I ask my German friends though and they say it should be the first but they can’t explain why. Thanks for any help
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