Nothing sounds no more
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What are you trying to express in Spanish?
What are you trying to express in Spanish?
Thank you! well, actually we are songwriting in english, but the phrase in spanish would be something like... "ya nada suena" o "nada suena más". Maybe "nothing sounds anymore" is the correct way to write it but "nothing sounds no more" just fits melodically so well :/ ... so i was wondering, if its redundant to write it that way, could it be "nothing sounds. no more" possible? adding a period change grammar but the meaning is the same, right?... i just don't know
... thank you!
The "nothing ... no more" double negative is grammatically wrong, but people do say things like that sometimes. So I agree with @CamerionR that in a song, it's okay.
What I'm not sure about is the use of "sounds" in that context. What exactly do you mean by "suena" in this context?
What I'm not sure about is the use of "sounds" in that context. What exactly do you mean by "suena" in this context?
Thank you so much!
Oh you are right! could it be "nothing sound no more"? ... the meaning of "suena" is about everything, his whole inner and outer world is in silence now, does it make sense? ... should i post the lyrics so you guys can advice me?
No, "sounds" is correct. ("Nothing" is singular.)
Your explanation makes sense.
Don't post the lyrics. The moderators don't like that kind of thing.
Good luck with the song.
Your explanation makes sense.
Don't post the lyrics. The moderators don't like that kind of thing.
Good luck with the song.
Noted! thank you so much everyone!
If you need five syllables, maybe you could use "no sounds anymore." That has the basic idea of ya nada suena. While it is true that lyrics, like poetry, are flexible, you should be aware that saying "nothing sounds no more" will make your lyrics sound extremely colloquial at best, and uneducated at worst.
Forum rules allow you to post up to four lines of lyrics for the purpose of context, and I think that would be useful here.
Un vínculo a un hilo donde se recogen algunas de esas libertades en ese ámbito, el de las letras de canciones: We don't need no education. En particular, la letra de esa archiconocida canción está plagada de dobles negaciones.