German negation help!?

Question

can someone explain this??? should i put nicht or kein?

1. anna spielt --------- gern fuball

2. ich habe -------viele freunde

3.du hast ---------freunde

4. er geht morgen -----spaziern

5. huete machen wir----pause

6.hast du ----buch?

7. ich habe dein buch --------

8.heute kocht er --------

9.verstehst du das --------?

10. wir sind ------franzosen

thanks for ure help

Answer 1

1. nicht

2. nicht

3. keine

4. nicht

5. [huete > heute] keine

6. kein

7. nicht

8. nicht

9. nicht

10. keine

The answer above is correct, in most cases you have to put "kein/keine/keiner" when it's "no" in English and "nicht" when it's "doesn't/don't/isn't etc." in English.

3. no friends > keine Freunde

5. no break > keine Pause

BUT (two exceptions:)

6. Don't you have a book? Also "kein Buch"

10. We are not French > Also "keine Franzosen"

Answer 2

Other people doing your homework for you? ;-)

Iv'e checked your example sentences.

Translate them back into English - everywhere where it says "no" in English put "kein" or "keine"; everywhere it says "not" put "nicht".

I am not sure that would work as a general rule, but it works with the sentences in question - and it's better than nothing.

Answer 3

Both answers above are correct, but it's better you use the following rule:

Say "nicht" when it refers to a verb. "nicht" is NOT flexed. Never.

Use the properly flexed form of "kein", as it refers to a noun. Spell Nouns with capital Letters, as is the Rule in German. This will prove helpful.

So

1. Anna spielt nicht gern Fußball. --> nicht refers to the verb "spielen".

2. Ich habe nicht viele Frende. --> nicht refers to verb "haben".

3. Du hast keine Freunde. --> keine refers to the noun "Freunde" and is plural.

...

5. Heute machen wir keine Pause. --> keine refers to the noun "Pause" and is female singular (die Pause).

6. Hast du kein Buch? --> kein refers to the noun "Buch" and is neuter singular (das Buch).

and so on