Negative Words & Constructions
A1: Beginner
- Position of negation with two verbs (conjugated + infinitive)
- Un, une become de or d' in negative sentences (indefinite articles)
- Du, de la, de l', des all become de or d' in negative sentences (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 (negation)
- Non plus = neither / nor (negation)
A2: Lower Intermediate
- N'avoir plus de = To have none left (negation)
- Ne ... pas assez (de) = Not enough (of)
- Ne ... pas encore = Not yet
- Ne ... pas non plus = Not ... either (negation)
- Position of direct and indirect object pronouns with negation
- Using 'ne ... pas' with compound tenses (negation)
- Ne ... pas du tout = Not at all (negation)
- Ne ... plus = No more, no longer (negation)
- Ne ... aucun(e) = None (negation)
- Restrictive ne … que = only (simple tenses)
- Ne ... rien = Nothing (negation)
- Ne ... personne = No one, nobody (negation)
- Ne ... ni ... ni = Neither ... nor (negation)
- Forming simple negative commands (L'Impératif)
B1: Intermediate
- Forming negative commands with reflexive verbs (L'Impératif)
- 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 (negation)
- Personne ne ..., rien ne ... = No one, nothing (negation)
- Ne ... nulle part = Nowhere (negation)
- Ni l'un(e) ni l'autre ne ... = Neither [one nor the other] (negation)
- Using double and multiple negatives (negation)
- Restrictive ne … que = only (compound tenses)
- Informal negation: omitting ne