I've heard this as a song title, but all of the examples above are sentences with auxiliary verbs, so is this correct French?
Je n'ai que mon âme
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Ian L.Kwiziq community member
Je n'ai que mon âme
This question relates to:French lesson "Using restrictive ne … que to express only with compound tenses (French Negations)"
Asked 2 years ago
Jim J. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Hi Ian,
"Je n'ai que mon âme" --> "I have only my soul"He has nothing else but his soul - the restriction is to the noun "âme". I think the French is valid here -- avoir present indicative first person.
Jim
Maarten K. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
This is the lesson on ne . . que in simple tenses (linked from the lesson) :
Using restrictive ne … que to express only with simple tenses (French Negations)
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