Can I say 'Magst du nicht Bäume?' instead of 'Magst du keine Bäume?'
Can I say 'Magst du nicht Bäume?' instead of 'Magst du keine Bäume?'

What sentence pattern and rules should I follow when using the word 'nicht'? ( sentences & questions)
Its sometimes at the end of a sentence, but sometimes it just follows the verb.

Thank you.

Question

Can I say 'Magst du nicht Bäume?' instead of 'Magst du keine Bäume?'
Can I say 'Magst du nicht Bäume?' instead of 'Magst du keine Bäume?'

What sentence pattern and rules should I follow when using the word 'nicht'? ( sentences & questions)
Its sometimes at the end of a sentence, but sometimes it just follows the verb.

Thank you.

Answer

It should be "keine".

Some resources in English:
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/german/german-negation/
http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/negationexpl.html
https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/grammatik/nicht/

Or in German:
https://mein-deutschbuch.de/negation-verneinung.html
https://deutsch.lingolia.com/de/grammatik/satzbau/verneinung
https://deutschegrammatik20.de/der-einfache-satz/die-negation/

Answer

"Bäume"---"Nouns with zero articles"
keine---uses only on "Nouns with zero articles" or "nouns of indefinite articles"
nicht---uses on "a noun with a definite article" or "in addition to the above three cases"
Mein english is poor.
Can you understand all of these items above?