"She does not eat."

Translation: Sie isst nicht.

[BalajiBIM]

Why its not Sie esse nicht

[Lenkvist]

It's irregular; Ich esse, du isst, er/sie/es isst, wir essen, ihr esst, sie/Sie essen.

[Sarah.E.Co1]

True.

[DesireJ5]

I put Sie nicht isst :( I was wrong apparently...

[Peelyo]

german is a verb second structure.

[MelissaDav9]

I did the same... It would be good if we were taught this in the correct order

[ximedm]

Is Nicht always the last element in the sentence?

[Lenkvist]

http://german.about.com/od/grammar/a/The-Position-Of-Nicht.htm

[sisi0731]

Usually it will be after the verb, or certain adverbs.

[sarahhahnmadole]

Why sie isst nicht instead of sie isst nein

[Jewell14]

nein = no
nicht = not

If you said nein it would sound like this "she does no eat" and that be all kinds of crazy!

[cleanandlonely]

Shouldn't the translation be 'Sie isst machen nicht?'

The position of nicht comes at last most of the time. And they the german for 'does' is 'machen'. So where is 'machen' in 'Sie isst nicht'?

[SanchiVais]

How to use the German for does? On hovering over, it shows machen or macht, as it'll be in the case of 'she'. I had entered 'Sie isst nicht' and that's correct

[Lenkvist]

German doesn't have a word for does in negations and questions. In fact, English is the exception as there are very few languages that use "does".

[SanchiVais]

How to use the German for does? On hovering over, it shows machen or macht, as it'll be in the case of 'she'. I had entered 'Sie isst nicht' and that's correct

[rodrigoalb406996]

"She does not eat" word for word it would be "Sie machen nicht isst" but it seems that there is no "german Does" in negative sentences. Either way I thought "Isst" means "To be + the meaning" like "is eating" so why in this case Isst can assume the form Do + the meaning?

[mykew23]

That's just how it is. . .