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[kittydesade]

The position of nicht is determined by various elements in the sentence. Below are a few general guidelines. Additional guidelines are found in later chapters.

1. Nicht always follows:
a. the finite verb (Gisela arbeitet nicht.)
b. specific adverbs of time (Alex kommt heute nicht.)

2. Nicht precedes most other elements.
a. predicate adjectives (Alex ist nicht faul.)
b. most adverbs (David spielt nicht gut Tennis.)
c. dependent infinitives (Michael geht nicht inlineskaten.

Wir nicht. Jutta, a new acquaintance, has some questions for you and Herr Dieter. Answer in the negative.
1. Spielt ihr viel Basketball? Nein, wir spielen nicht viel Basketball.
2. Spielt ihr oft Tennis? Nein, wir spielen oft nicht Tennis.
3. Schwimmt ihr gern? Nein, wir schwimmen nicht gern.
4. Hört ihr gern Musik? Nein, wir hören nicht gern Musik.
5. Geht ihr oft ins Kino? Nein, wir gehen oft nicht ins Kino.
6. Seid ihr sportlich? Nein, wir sind nicht sportlich.
7. Tanzt ihr gern? Nein, wir tanzen nicht gern.

Was machst du gern oder nicht gern? Basically, just going through the list of verbs they give and saying whether I like or dislike doing it, since I don't have a German partner.

Ich spiele nicht gern Basketball.
Ich gehe gern joggen.
Ich gehe ins Kino gern.
Ich gehe oft nicht inlineskaten.
Ich gehe tanzen gern.
Ich höre Musik gern.
Ich arbeite nicht gern.
Ich mache nicht gern Fitnesstraining.


Oof. I think I need to review that a little more, if nothing else than to satisfy my own sense of ... something. Security.

Did manage, at least, to get a fair amount of writing done this weekend. Did not get a diverse amount of writing done, but at least I got a fair chunk whacked out on Martine Mad Angel Blues since I have more scenes left to do than I thought I did. As of tonight, I have... four scenes left. And then it gets to sit for two weeks before I start taking a red pen to it. Still haven't decided if I'm going to print it out chunk by chunk and edit or just do it online. Debate debate.

I also got some Shadowrun porn written for Kink Bingo, and I swear only two people ... three people on this f-list are going to know who Kid Stealth is when I post it. Maybe more. But, three, at least one of whom I mostly because I explained it to her. But I don't care. It fulfills the Mechanical/Technological square in a totally awesome way. Added irony points for writing most of it while I was watching Jurassic Park.

And I spent the better part of the weekend watching shittons of Beauty and the Beast. Oh my god I am in love with Ron Perlman again. I want a Vincent for my room. Big ol' softie lion man who can read Shakespeare and Blake and Coleridge and make me melt. And Ron Perlman really gets to stretch, too, do his more gentle side as opposed to being the bruiser/monster he usually plays. After this I'm going to see if I can hit Sons of Anarchy, and then we're going to maybe watch Dungeon Siege next weekend. Which was totally unintended, but apparently he's in that too, which makes me snicker. Then again, everyone's in that piece of crap. But first, Beauty and the Beast. And me going back to my childhood and, oh the 80s. And Vincent. Oh Vincent. I love you as much now as I ever did when I was a child. If not more so. The show is so 80s cheesetastic but adorable lion man! Seriously, I want one. There will be so much fanfic. I will inflict Vincent fanfic on you all, mua ha ha ha ha.