Adjective, pronoun or both?
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AndyKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Adjective, pronoun or both?
May I check? In this lesson, in different examples I believe aucun/e ... ne is used both as a negative adjective and as a variable negative pronoun? Is this correct?
This question relates to:French lesson "Aucun/e … ne = None of them (negation)"
Asked 5 years ago
Bonjour Andy,
No, I'm afraid not - all of the examples in this lesson use aucun(e) as a variable French negative pronoun.
Here's an example of aucun(e) as a negative adjective: Aucune fille n'est venue.
We know aucune is an adjective because it's followed directly by a noun, in comparison to Aucune des filles n'est venue.
No, I'm afraid not - all of the examples in this lesson use aucun(e) as a variable French negative pronoun.
Here's an example of aucun(e) as a negative adjective: Aucune fille n'est venue.
We know aucune is an adjective because it's followed directly by a noun, in comparison to Aucune des filles n'est venue.
IanKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Tous les gosses y vont, mais ________ prend le train.
Is "aucun d'entre eux" acceptable here?
CécileKwiziq team member
Hi Ian,
I just picked your query by chance during a backlog exercise,
aucun d'entre eux ne
is given as a possibility so maybe the 'ne' is missing in your answer ?
In any case, it would have been better posted as a separate query.
Hope this helps!
Andy asked:View original
Adjective, pronoun or both?
May I check? In this lesson, in different examples I believe aucun/e ... ne is used both as a negative adjective and as a variable negative pronoun? Is this correct?
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