Sentences and complex sentences / Grammar

Verb `byť` (to be):

-	`Máš` `dvadsať` `rokov`?
-	`Nie`, `nemám` `dvadsať` `rokov`.
-	`Cestoval` `si` `taxíkom`?
-	`Nie`, `necestoval` `som` `taxíkom`, `ale` `električkou`.
-	`Išiel` `si` `pešo`?
-	`Nie`, `nešiel` `som` `pešo`.

So-called double negation exists in Slovak, where more than one word with a negative meaning can be found in a sentence.

nie je

= it is not

žiadny / nijaký

= no/none

nikdy

= never

nemám

= I have not

-	`Je` `to` `dom`?
-	`Nie`, `to` `nie` `je` `žiadny`/`nijaký` `dom`, `to` `je` `auto`.
-	`Máš` `čas`?
-	`Nie`, `nikdy` `nemám` `čas`.

The meaning of the sentence is still negative.