LES NÉGATIONS ne...pas Where do you place ne ... pas? 1. In sentences with simple verbs a. Place ne before the verb and pas after the verb.
La grammaire ne posa pas de problème non plus.(Cousture)
Object pronouns are placed between ne and the verb.
Je ne te demande pas si tu as travaillé hier soir. (Aymé)
Remember that ne changes to n' before a verb beginning with a vowel or a silent h. b. In questions, place ne before
the verb and inverted subject pronoun and pas after them.
c. In sentences containing a verb followed by an
infinitive, place ne before the conjugated verb
2. In sentences with compount verbs Place ne in front of the auxiliary verb avoir or être and pas after the auxiliary verb. Je
n'ai pas fait mon devoir de français. (Aymé)
3. To negate an infinitive, place both ne and pas in front of the infinitive. This applies to both the present and the past infinitive. Le mère, préférant
ne pas assister de trop près à une scène pénible,
fuyait vers un placard.
When ne ...pas is followed by the indefinite particle or the partitive Remember that after ne...pas, as well as after other negatives, the indefinitive article (un, une, des) and the partitive article (du, de la, de l', des) usually change to de. They can be translated as not any or no. Sometimes they are not translated at all. When pas de is used without ne or a verb it can be translated
as no before a noun.
ne ... jamais, ne ... plus, ne ... point These negatives follow the same rules as ne... pas. Le
père Moisan se n'éveillait jamais à 7 heures.
ne ... pas encore Maria n'avait pas encore fini de répondre aux questions. ne ... rien Ne ... rien is negative pronoun that follows the same rules as ne ... pas, except that when used with verbs that take a preposition, rien directly follows the preposition. Mélie
n'a rien fait pour le convaincre de consulter un médecin.
Rien ne can be used a a subject. Remember that pas is
never used with the negative expression ne ... rien.
ne ... personne In simple tenses, ne ... personne follows the same rules as the other negatives. Je
n'attends personne. (Pagnol)
In the following situations, however, it behaves differently: In compound tenses, personne
follows the auxiliary verb.
Personne ne can be used a a subject. Personne
n'osa lever la main. (Cousture)
Remember that pas is
never used with the negative expression ne ... personne.
ne ... que Ne ... que is a restrictive expression meaning only. (It can be replaced by the adverb seulement.) Que should be placed directly in front of the word it modifies.
Mélie ne se fiait qu'aux plantes médicinales.
Toute intervention ne pouvait que gâter les choses. (Aymé)
The indefinite and partitive articles (un, une, du, de la, de l', des) do not change to de after ne ... que. ne ... aucun(e), aucun(e) ... ne The adjective
aucun(e) is stronger than ne ... pas. It means
no, not any, not a single. Place it in front of the noun it modifies.
Since it is an adjective, it agrees in number and gender with the noun
it modifies. Aucun(e) is usually used in the singular.
Aucun(e) (not a single one, none) can also be used as a singular pronoun. Aucun ne réussit à épeler correctement le mot. (Cousture) ne ... ni ... ni In the expression ne ... ni ... ni the negative adverb ne is placed in front of the verb and the conjunctions ni .. ni (neither ... nor) are placed in front of the words they modify. The indefinite article and the partitive are omitted after ni ... ni, but the definite article is retained.
Ni les jambes ni les pieds d'Ephrem n'étaient enflés.
Remember that ni may be used more than twice. oui, non, si The adverbs oui and non are ordinarily used to mean yes and no. The more emphatic form, si, however, is used for yes in response to a negative statement or question. je crois que oui, je crois que non Je crois que oui, je crois
que non can be translated as I think so, I don't think so (I
think not).
In order to express no one + adjective in English, use personne followed by the masculine singular of the adjective. An adverb like si, très, plus, etc. is sometimes placed in front of the adjective for emphasis. The indefinite pronoun quelqu'un is also used with de + masculine adjective. rien + de +adjective In order to express nothing + adjective in English, use rien followed by the masculine singular of the adjective. An adverb like si, très, plus, etc. is sometimes placed in front of the adjective for emphasis. If rien is the direct object of a compound verb, it is separted from de and the adjective by the past participle. The indefinite pronoun quelque chose is also used with de + masculine adjective. ne ... pas du tout The expression ne ... pas du tout means not at all. (ni) ... non plus The expression (ni)... non plus is the equivalent of neither in phrases like neither do I, neither will he, etc. It is used only with stress pronouns. In spoken French, ni is frequently dropped. de rien, il n'y a pas de quoi Both of these expressions are the
equivalent of you're welcome.
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