Look at these examples with aucun(e) ... ne:
Les filles sortent ce soir, mais aucune ne prend le train.
The girls are going out tonight, but none (of them) is taking the train.
Aucune de tes robes ne me va.
None of your dresses fits me
Aucun de ses livres n'est intéressant.
None of his books is interesting.
De tous les mensonges que tu as dit, aucun n'est crédible.
Out of all the lies you told, none is believable.
Aucun/aucune ne/n' means none (of them).
This term can refer to both objects and people.
Note three things:
- aucun/e ne is always followed by singular in French (even though in modern English, none of them are is also acceptable)
- aucun/aucune agree in gender with the object it refers to
- You have to use the negation ne/n' unlike in English
We can also express none of them using aucun d'entre eux ne ... / aucune d'entre elles ne ..., like this:
Aucun d'entre eux n'est intéressant. Aucune d'entre elles n'est intéressante.
None of them is interesting.
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De tous les mensonges que tu as dit, aucun n'est crédible.
Out of all the lies you told, none is believable.
Aucun de ses livres n'est intéressant.
None of his books is interesting.
Aucun d'entre eux n'est intéressant. Aucune d'entre elles n'est intéressante.
None of them is interesting.
Les filles sortent ce soir, mais aucune ne prend le train.
The girls are going out tonight, but none (of them) is taking the train.
Aucune de tes robes ne me va.
None of your dresses fits me
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Chris
Kwiziq community member
11/01/18
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
29/08/17
Personne always refers to a person (no one, nobody) whereas aucun/e can refer to any noun that has been previously mentioned (none / no [noun]) :)
Bonne journée !
Ron
Kwiziq community member
26/08/17
«personne n'est venu» translates to no one came, on the other hand
«aucun n'est venu» translates to none came
I get the sense from the nuance difference, the answer would like in the contextual scenario of the two phrases.
Bonne chance,
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
1/05/17
"Personne" means "no one / nobody":
"Je n'ai entendu personne." (I heard no one. / I haven't heard anyone.)
"Aucun/e" means "none":
"Je n'ai entendu aucune des filles." (I heard none of the girls. / I haven't heard any of the girls.)
"Aucun" always needs a referent noun (none [of something]):
"Je n'*en* ai aucun." (I have none *of them*.)
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
Laura
Kwiziq language super star
7/08/16
If you mean "can you say 'none between them' " in English, the answer is no. If that helps you remember, great, but you can't say that in English.
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
21/07/16
You are correct, "Aucune d'elles n'est intéressée" is also correct. The question has been rectified to accept this answer.
Merci beaucoup et à bientôt !
Jennifer
Kwiziq community member
21/07/16
Merci pour votre réponse
Laura
Kwiziq language super star
7/02/16
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.
Margolit
Kwiziq community member
2 February 2018
1 reply
How do you say "I have neither a son nor a brother." ?
Laura
Kwiziq language super star
2 February 2018
2/02/18
Bonjour Margolit,
Je n'ai ni fils ni frère.