La négation Flashcards

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Je n’aime pas ce film.

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Ne precedes verb, pas follows it. (Simple Tense)

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Elle n’a pas vu le film.

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Ne precedes auxiliary verb (avoir) and pas follows it. (Compound Tense)

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Ne vas-tu pas au cinéma?

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Ne precedes inverted subject-verb construction (vas-tu) and pas follows it. (Inverted Question)

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N’allez pas au cinéma!

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Ne precedes the verb, and pas follows it. (Command / Imperative)

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Il préfère ne pas aller au cinéma.

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Ne pas is placed between main verb and infinitive. (Verb + Infinitive)

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Je n’ai pas du tout envie de regarder ce jeu télévisé.

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Adding du tout to a ne… pas expression reinforces the negativity of the expression. (Ne… pas + du tout)

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Aimez-vous les films doublés? - Pas du tout!

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Pas du tout can be used by itself as a negative answer to a question.

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Ma famille a une télévision –> Ma famille n’a pas de télévision.

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Indefinite articles (un/une/des) that follow negative expressions get replaced by de.

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