"Sie will nicht darüber sprechen."

Translation: She does not want to talk about it.

[haleycathy]

I keep forgetting 'will' in German means 'want' and not 'will.'

[ArcticMonk18]

Me too. Anyone has some witty idea how to remember 'will' means 'want' and not 'will' ?????

[hanspersson]

I also need that, even though I come from Swedish where "vill" also means "want"...

[Amartya1511]

Is this order right: "Sie will darüber nicht sprechen"? I mean, in most of the sent.s in Modal verbs chapter, I find "nicht" just before "sprechen, gehen, sehen..etc."

[sommerlied]

Yes, this is correct as well. :)

[aaronaqua]

How do I know Sie means 'She' and not 'You'?

[mrankin15]

sie as in she conjugates to "will"
Sie as in formal you conjugates to "wollen"

[PratikGupte]

Hi, so why is sprechen ending with an -en ?

[mrankin15]

when a verb gets thrown to the end of a sentence, it gets put in its original, or infinitive form. The infinitive form has an -en.

[roman2095]

The conjugated modal verb is wollen and the infinitive is sprechen. When using a modal verb the following infinitive goes to the end of the sentence.

[davidwit]

why is it not "they do not want"? the hover translation seems to allow that as well.

[djdejong]

The conjugation of wollen would be incorrect.

[hanspersson]

Why not "she won't talk about that"?

[roman2095]

sie will = she wants, not "she will".

The infinitive is "wollen" meaning "to want"

[german1cus]

The normal speed audio clearly says "Sie will NICHTS darüber sprechen".

[kasturi846936]

mizinamo, there is another sentence, Ich spreche darüber nicht, the nicht coming after darüber, then why is nicht before darüber here?? In both the sentences, the whole sentence is being negated, the rule is to put the nicht at the end, so why is nicht before darüber??? Pls help