"She is not my aunt."
Translation:Sie ist nicht meine Tante.
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Yes, I had the same question, about having nicht at the end of the sentence. I could swear I saw this configuration previously, or was I dreaming? If so, generally speaking, does the nicht go after the verb that it is negating?
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No, you're not imagining it. It's quite common to end German sentences in "nicht". I'm not sure why it doesn't work here.
I try to picture it like this: nicht at the end negates the verb "ist" - which is kinda silly, it's like negating existence of Sie. What you mean, is that this particular person, while still existing, does not have the title of meine Tante - so you negate specifically this phrase.
If you translated "she ist meine tante nicht" directly to english, it would mean " she is my aunt not. "
"Der Rock ist für meine Tante" "Sie ist nicht meine Tante"
Then who is the damn skirt for, Duo?!!!
