negation french Flashcards

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negation

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ne+verb+pas

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examples?

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ne..pas=not
ne..plus=no longer/no anymore
ne ..jamais=never
ne..que=only
ne..rien=nothing
ne..pas encore=not yet
ne..personne=nobody,no one

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examples

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je ne mange pas=i don’t eat
il ne boit jamais=he never drinks
tu ne fumes plus=you no longer
on ne donne rien=we give nothing
elle n’est pas encore pas=she’s not there yet
vous n’aimez personne(you like nobody)
elle na ni argent ni travail-she has neither money nor job

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negation

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negation +un+une+des+du+de la,de l’,des=de/d’
ne+verb+pas+de/d’
e.g je veux du pain
je ne veux pas de pain
il a des enfants
il n’a pas d’enfants

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negation followed by le/la/l’/les
c’est/etre

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elle lit le livre
elle ne lit pas le livre
c’est un chat
ce n’est pas un chat
tu es une danseuse

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negation with an infinitive verb?

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ne pas+infinitive verb
il me demande de venir maintenant
il me demande de ne pas venir maintenant
merci de ne pas fumer

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passe compose with negation

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ne/n’+avoir/etre/+pas+past participle
je n’ai pas vu le chien
il n’a jamais bu l’alcoho
on n’a rien change
je ne me suis pas changee

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rules for negation

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to make a phrase negative place ‘ne’ around conjugated verb
-n’ pas when it is a vowel
-e.g je ne suis pas d’accord
-remember to use de after the negation to replace the indefinite article(un,une.des) or partitive article(du,de la,des) j’ai un probleme,je n’ai pas de probleme,tu as de la chance.tu n’as pas de chance
-aucun(e)(not a single) is followed by a singular noun or by de+pl noun tu n’aimes aucun de ces cd
-some negative adverbs can be combined e.g elle ne va plus jamais faire ca(she’ll never do that any more)
ils ne font jamais rien a la maison
jamais and plus always come first(when jamais and plus are combined plus comes first)
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positions

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~in an inverted question place them around the verb and the pronoun e.g pourquoi n’achetez-vous plus de CD?
-when the verb is in the perfect tense or another compound tense place them around the auxiliry verb and pronoun e.g Je n’ai pas économisé assez d’argent
pourquoi n’avez-vous rien achete
-exceptions:personne,aucun,nulle part come after the participle e.g je n’ai vu personne
with reflexive verbs place them around the verb e.g non,mais il ne s’est pas endormi
if the verb is followed by an infinitive,place them around the first verb e.g je ne veux pas acheter de lecteur MP3
-when personne,rien ou aucun is the subject it comes before ne/n’ and the verb and the verb is singular e.g personne n’a telephone

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how to use positive negation

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ne..que
(only)
is not a true negative but follows the same rules except that du ect
does not change to de after it
e.g laurence n’ecoute que du reggae(laurence only listens to regea)

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what does ne,,guere,point,nullement mean

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hardly,not at all/absolutetely not

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