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Deutsche Geschichte: negation, inversion

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Use 'nicht' before definite articles to mean ‘not the’ and 'kein' instead of the indefinite article to mean 'not a, no'. Place 'nicht' before adjectives, adverbs, possessives and proper nouns. Place 'nicht' after verbs and whole phrases. Use 'nichts' to mean 'nothing' or 'not anything', e.g., 'ich sehe nichts'. Use word order two if starting a sentence with something other than the subject, e.g., an adverb. Use your knowledge of German pronunciation and punctuation to support your intonation when reading aloud.

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