Look at these sentences:
Je ne regarde pas non plus la télé.
I don't watch TV either.
Je n'y vais pas, et toi? -Non, je n'y vais pas non plus.
I'm not going, you? -No, I'm not going either.
Laura ne se lève pas tôt.
- Thomas ne se lève pas tôt non plus.
Laura doesn't get up early.
- Thomas doesn't get up early either.
When you want to express that someone is not doing something either, you need to use the negative expression ne ... pas non plus.
Note that while ne is always before the verb, pas and non plus can be separated in the sentence, and non plus placed before OR after the object of the verb:
Je ne regarde pas non plus la télé.
I don't watch TV either.
Je ne regarde pas la télé non plus.
I don't watch TV either.
In the case of adverbs, pas and non plus are always separated.
Il ne joue pas souvent au foot, et toi ? -Je n'y joue pas souvent non plus.
He doesn't play football often, and you?
- I don't play often either.
See also the simpler lesson Non plus = neither / nor (negation)
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Je déteste Luc. - Je ne l'aime pas non plus.
I hate Luc. - I don't like him either.
Je ne regarde pas la télé non plus.
I don't watch TV either.
Il ne joue pas souvent au foot, et toi ? -Je n'y joue pas souvent non plus.
He doesn't play football often, and you?
- I don't play often either.
Je n'y vais pas, et toi? -Non, je n'y vais pas non plus.
I'm not going, you? -No, I'm not going either.
Laura ne se lève pas tôt.
- Thomas ne se lève pas tôt non plus.
Laura doesn't get up early.
- Thomas doesn't get up early either.
Je ne regarde pas non plus la télé.
I don't watch TV either.
Q&A
Chris
Kwiziq community member
28/12/17
The article is gone due to the negation.
This is true for pretty much everything, not just musical instruments.
"J'ai du lait." -- I've got milk.
"Je n'ai plus de lait." -- I don't have any milk left.
-- Chris.
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
29/12/17
Bonjour Stuart !
To complete Chris' answer, here's our related lesson on the subject:
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/the-partitive-article-in-negative-sentences
Bonne journée !
Jocelyn
Kwiziq community member
9 June 2018
2 replies
Why is there a ‘y’ in this sentence?
Il ne joue pas souvent au foot, et toi ? -Je n'y joue pas souvent non plus.
I don’t play often either.
This is one of the examples above.
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
11 June 2018
11/06/18
Hi Jocelyn,
The expression is 'jouer à'..., the y replaces 'au foot'.
Take a look at the following lesson for more examples.
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/the-adverbial-pronoun-y-can-replace-a-thing-object-location
Hope this helps!
Jocelyn
Kwiziq community member
30 June 2018
30/06/18