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