parce que je ne peux pas manger de salade sans pain

Nil L.C1Kwiziq community member

parce que je ne peux pas manger de salade sans pain

I can hardly hear the "ne" in this sentence.

Is the "ne" sound sometimes dropped in real spoken French?

This question relates to:French dictation exercise "To pick dinner"

Dictation exercise A1

Asked 4 years ago

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

In current everyday familiar spoken French, dropping the 'ne' altogether is very (even very, very) common.

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CélineNative French expert teacher in Kwiziq

Bonjour Nil,

I listened to the audio file. 'ne' is pronounced. However it is indeed pronounced as a French person would talk, very very quickly and not in the most discernible way. As Maarten explained it is sometimes 'dropped' entirely in familiar spoken French.

Bonne journée!

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