La négation Flashcards

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1
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When using negation, what replaces the indefinite or the partitive article?

A

De

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When using negation, what articles do you have to replace with ‘de’?

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  • -Indefinite articles (un, une, des)
  • -Partitive articles (du, de la, de l’, des)

e.g. J’ai un problème —> Je n’ai pas de problème

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How does one say ‘nowhere’/ ‘not anywhere’?

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Ne…nullepart

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Comment dit-on ‘I never drink alcohol’

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Je ne bois jamais d’alcool

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5
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Comment dit-on ‘its not raining anymore’?

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Il ne pleut plus

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Comment dit-on ‘We don’t do anything’?

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Nous ne faisons rien

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Comment dit-on ‘you all don’t know anybody,’?

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Vous ne connaissez personne

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Comment dit-on ‘she isn’t going anywhere tonight,’?

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Elle ne va nulle part ce soir

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Comment dit-on ‘I don’t have a single friend,’ :’( ?

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Je n’ai aucun ami

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Comment dit-on ‘you like neither maths nor science,’?

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Tu n’aime ni les mathes ni les sciences

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Comment dit-on ‘You don’t like a single one of these CDs?’ ?

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Tu n’aimes aucun de ces CD?

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What is aucun always followed by?

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–a singular noun e.g. ‘Je n’ai aucun ami’

–de + a plural noun e.g. ‘Tu n’aimes aucun de ces CDs’

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Comment dit-on ‘She’ll never do that any more’?

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Elle ne va plus jamais faire ça

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Comment dit-on ‘they never do anything at the house,’

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Ils ne font jamais rien à la maison

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Regarding jamais and plus, where do they always come in the sentence?

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Jamais and plus always come first in the sentence is more than one adverb is used.

When jamais and plus are combined, plus comes first.

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Comment dit-on ‘I’m not 17 yet, I can’t drive a car at all,’

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Je n’ai pas encore 17 ans, je ne peux pas du tout conduire une voiture.

17
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In an inverted question, where do the two parts of the negative go?

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Place the two parts around the verb and the pronoun e.g.

‘Pourquoi n’achetez-vous plus de CD?’