Should I say "Ich mag nicht motor" or "Ich mag kein motor"?
I still don't understand the difference between "nicht" and "kein".
For example; why do we say "Ich spreche kein Deutsch" and in some other cases we use "nicht" for negative?
Is "kein" used only for names?
"Motor" means motorI'm not sure what you want to say. "Motor" means engine or motor.![]()
"Motor" means motor
this is so helpful, I wonder how come people in here are so good and I thank you a lotThat's a rather broad topic, Have a look here:
Negation (nicht/nein/kein) | German Grammar - EasyDeutsch
Just Say No! The Ultimate Guide to German Negation | FluentU German
I believe the meaning hasn't been clarified yet. "Motor" makes no sense at all in all the aforementioned examples because... literally no one will ever say this. As for the difference between "kein" and "nicht", you've got plenty of sources to draw new information from (thanks to the replies in the thread) but the engine part makes me scratch my head."Motor" means motor
Yes, you are right, maybe the meaning hasn't been clarified yet. Maybe I wasn't correct with the English word "motor", with which I meant this in the picture.I believe the meaning hasn't been clarified yet. "Motor" makes no sense at all in all the aforementioned examples because... literally no one will ever say this. As for the difference between "kein" and "nicht", you've got plenty of sources to draw new information from (thanks to the replies in the thread) but the engine part makes me scratch my head.
Are you sure you mean engines? In what context do you want to use the sentence?
Yes, and not even colloquial the abbreviation to "Motor" is possible. That is plain wrong and totally non-idiomatic.That's a "motorcycle" or "motorbike" in English and a "Motorrad" in German.
If I translate it from German to Albanian in google, the meaning of the German foreign word "Motor" results "motor" in Albanian. So I thought the meaning of the German word "Motor" was the same like in Albanian. Thanks of everybody's replies now I know is "Motorrad"