Regards.
Firstly, I was wondering how would you say in english what in spanish is said "tampoco". I've heard about "neither", then a teacher told me that was "either", I thought it was "too", so I ended as I began: with nothing. And this afternoon I thought: Might the beautiful people of the forum help me? (is this question correct?) And I post my questions.

Thanks!
Krams

 

Hello

Tampoco: Neither

For ex

I don't like coffee.
Me neither

I don't like coffee.
Neither do I.

Either means "cualquiera de los dos"

What do you prefer, coffee or tea? Either.

Regarding your second question, I will leave it to the experts.

Cheers,
Belén

PD - You'll see I've changed your title, please be so kind to provide a title relevant to the question you are asking. Thanks for your cooperation.

 

Hi Christian,

I'll try to help you out

A. Ninguno de los dos quiere ir al cine.
B. Yo tampoco quiero ir al cine (Yo no quiero ir al cine tampoco)
C. Ella no quiere ir al cine y yo tampoco
D. O vas tú o voy yo. No queremos ir juntos. (The literal translation :"Ninguno de los dos quiere ir con el otro" sounds really forced)

Cheers,
Be

 

"Either" can also mean "tampoco"
Creo que se usa "either" si hay ninguna negación en la frase, y "neither" cuando no la hay:

- I don't want to go to the movie either (don't want ---> negación)
- Neither do I (la negación la marcas con el neither, no con el verbo)

That's the way I learnt it, pero seguro que hay más matices...

Greetings

Marina

 

Emotional context, if it helps:

Neither is a negative word. It frequently means, "not either" and is probably a contraction of that phrase. (Cual prefieres? Neither!) It doesn't wear a smile. If someone says, "I don't eat live frogs," you say "me neither!" (yeeech!) Actually, "me neither" is grammatically incorrect ("me" is the subject, so it should be nominative case "I"; "I don't, either" is correct). But who cares, "me neither" has spunk.

Either is a divisive word. It is all about "one or the other." It's a good word for ultimatums. "Either you stop doing that, or I'm leaving." (note the common either-or construction.) Oscar Wilde supposedly said on his deathbed, which was in an ugly bedroom, "Either this wallpaper goes, or I do." However, you can say "either" with a smile, when presented with two large diamond rings to choose between. "Either!"

Neither of these summaries is perfect. Either may contain errors. Neither the first nor* the second is infallible. I am either being helpful, or being confusing.

*Either...or, but "neither...nor." It's just easier to say.

 

IMHO "tampoco is definately "either". However, English doesn´t accept double negatiom, that's why after a negation in English you have to replce "neither" by "either". Conversey, you don't need to do so in Spanish. For example: "I don't like it either" = "No me gusta tampoco".