"You don't need a taxi."

Translation: Tú no necesitas un taxi.

[MarionAaro]

I am confused about when to use necesitas and necesita.

[spiceyokooko]

Marion, it's from the verb necesitar - to need.

If you remember your present tense verb conjugations:

yo necesito - I need

tú necesitas - you need

él necesita - he needs

usted necesita - you need

ella necesita - She needs

ellos necesitan - they need

So, tú no necesitas un taxi - you don't need a taxi.

It could also have been usted no necesita un taxi, 'you don't need a taxi' using the Usted you formal form.

Just don't forget to match the conjugations correctly:

tú necesitas, usted necesita

[Ella101022]

Thank you!
It would be helpful if Duolingo actually explained these things to us rather than have us guess, get marked wrong, and have to come to the comments to learn.

[DeborahBir8]

YOU ARE SOOOO RIGHT

[ShaRosas]

Thank u sooo muchas

[Marinko683340]

Thank you

[DanteKing7]

You are a godsend

[jean865755]

Thanks. You explained that so well

[ellaklemenski]

I am also confused

[DanteKing7]

Me too

[DeborahBir8]

Me too what is the difference?

[rosmiricks]

Why they used precisa..???and why not necesita

[daKanga]

You may like to check out: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/34728559 , which is a discussion on this issue.

[mark899880]

I used usted and it marked me wrong

[Inugami18]

i wrote "no necesitas un taxi" and it was marked wrong that it should be "no precisa un taxi"! something isnt right

[kmb410232]

You need to add the Tú.

[MeadowlarkJ]

It is accepted now ( without the tú).

[Louann436817]

Why

[JuliannaWeeks23]

Why when I use Tu instead of Ud. it marks me wrong?

[XiEWwXyc]

i have the same question

[LiebeCorBr]

iam confused how to use el and la. el is for male and la for female. so, how about the things nor other without gender?

[McKayla907]

im still new but from what I've noticed, anything ending without an a is usually masculine like Carro and dinero and any word ending in a is feminine