Negative Words & Constructions
A1: Beginner
- Ne ... jamais = Never (French Negations)
- Position of French Negations - with conjugated verb + infinitive
- Du/de la/de l'/des all become de/d' in negative sentences (French Partitive Articles)
- Un/une become de/d' in negative sentences in French (French Indefinite Articles)
- Ne ... pas = Not - with simple tenses (French Negations)
- Ne ... pas = Not - with reflexive verbs in simple tenses (French Negations)
- Using "si" instead of "oui" to disagree with a negative question or statement in French
- Non plus = Neither/nor (French Negations)
A2: Lower Intermediate
- Forming simple negative commands with the imperative mood in French (L'Impératif)
- Ne ... aucun(e) = None (French Negations)
- N'avoir plus de = To have none left (French Negations)
- Ne ... pas assez (de) = Not enough (of) (French Negations)
- Using restrictive ne … que to express only with simple tenses (French Negations)
- Ne ... rien = Nothing (French Negations)
- Ne ... personne = No one/nobody (French Negations)
- Ne ... pas encore = Not yet (French Negations)
- Ne ... pas non plus = Not ... either (French Negations)
- Ne ... pas = Not - with compound tenses (French Negations)
- Position of French Object Pronouns - with negations
- Ne ... ni ... ni = Neither ... nor (French Negations)
- Ne ... pas du tout = Not at all (French Negations)
- Ne ... pas grand-chose = Not ... much (French Negations)
- Ne ... plus = No more/no longer (French Negations)
B1: Intermediate
- Conjugate reflexive verbs in the imperative mood in French (L'Impératif) - negative commands
- Position of French object and adverbial pronouns in negative commands in the imperative mood (L'Impératif) in French
- Aucun/e … ne = None (French Negations)
- Personne ne ..., rien ne ... = No one, nothing (negation) in French
- Ne ... nulle part = Nowhere (French Negations)
- Ne ... pas = Not - with reflexive verbs in compound tenses (French Negations)
- Ni l'un(e) ni l'autre ne ... = Neither (one nor the other) (French Negations)
- Combining two or more negations (French Negations)
- Using restrictive ne … que to express only with compound tenses (French Negations)
- Omitting the "ne" in informal negative sentences in French (French Negations)