Which sentence below is correct? Or, are they both correct?

1) No hay mesa en la alcoba.
2) No hay una mesa en la alcoba.

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teresahneria

10 ene 2020

Español (México)

If what you're trying to say is that there are not tables at all, you could say mesas in the first one.
And you could change: una, in the second, to: ninguna.

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Calif789

10 ene 2020

Español (México)

The first one is correct. The second is not completely wrong but no one uses that structure, at least not while talking. Also if you want to sound more natural don’t use the word “alcoba”, it’s more common to use “cuarto”, which is a synonym. “Alcoba” is somehow more fancy and is used more in the writing than in the speaking.

hirobei

10 ene 2020

Inglés (US)

@teresahneria ¡Gracias por su respuesta!
Yeah, an example in my book shows you could use "mesas" but that means "There are no tables in the bedroom.", ¿verdad?
I wanted to say "There isn't a table in the bedroom." so that's why I used the singular form "mesa". Or, is it more common to say "ninguna" as in "No hay ninguna mesa en la alcoba."?

hirobei

10 ene 2020

Inglés (US)

@Karla_Lit ¡Gracias por su respuesta!
Ok, thank you for letting me know. I will just avoid using the second one for now. Also, I wanted to say "bedroom" in Spanish and the dictionary says "alcoba"... The dictionary says "cuarto" is "room" but I'm not sure. I trust you more than the dictionary because you're a native speaker, but now I want to know, how do you say "bedroom" in Spanish? Or, people don't say that? They just say "cuarto" instead?