Ich mag nicht / ich mag keine

[closed-account]

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?

 

[Frank78]

Should I say "Ich mag nicht motor" or "Ich mag kein motor"?

I'm not sure what you want to say. "Motor" means engine or 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?

That'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

 

[carolinasteph]

Kein/e bezieht sich auf ein Nomen:
Ich habe keine Ahnung.
Es gibt keine Brötchen mehr.

Nicht bezieht sich auf ein Verb:
Ich kann das nicht.
Ich mag das nicht.
Es geht nicht.

 

[closed-account]

I'm not sure what you want to say. "Motor" means engine or motor.

"Motor" means motor

 

[Frank78]

"Motor" means motor

"Ich mag keine Motoren" - "I don't like engines" -> If you hate all

"Ich mag keinen Motor" - "I don't like an engine" -> I can hardly imagine any context where I would say this

 

[closed-account]

That'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

this is so helpful, I wonder how come people in here are so good and I thank you a lot

 

[Schlabberlatz]

You can also look here:
Nicht/Kein
Search results for query: kein deutsch

 

[Jennifer Weiss]

"Motor" means motor

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?

 

[closed-account]

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, 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.

 

[Frank78]

That's a "motorcycle" or "motorbike" in English and a "Motorrad" in German.

Here you can use nicht or kein:

"Ich mag keine Motorräder"
"Ich mag Motorräder nicht"

 

[Jennifer Weiss]

oder: "Dieses Motorrad gefällt mir nicht" if you don't like this one in particular.

 

[Kajjo]

That's a "motorcycle" or "motorbike" in English and a "Motorrad" in German.

Yes, and not even colloquial the abbreviation to "Motor" is possible. That is plain wrong and totally non-idiomatic.

However, "Maschine" is a possible colloquial abbreviation, if the context is clear enough.

 

[Frieder]

Ein kurzer Check bei Google hat ergeben, dass das albanische Wort für Motorrad "motor" ist. Daher rührt wohl das Missverständnis.

 

[closed-account]

In the website from which I'm learning German online, the part that explains German masculine gender gives examples: foreign nouns ending in "-or" like "direktor" and "motor".
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"

 

[Frank78]

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"

You better use a proper dictionary. Google even struggles with major languages, let alone something "exotic" like Albanian:

http://www.fjalor.de/?richtung=&suchtext=motor&szignorieren=1