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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Examples and resources
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.
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.
Q&A
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
1/11/18
Hi Latha,
Take a look at the following lesson :
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/the-adverbial-pronoun-y-means-there
Hope this helps!
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
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.
Hope this helps!
Jocelyn
Kwiziq community member
30/06/18
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 !
Rebecca
Kwiziq community member
4 February 2019
1 reply
Does separating pas & non plus convey something different from putting them together?
For the "Je ne regarde pas non plus le télé" vs. "Je ne regarde pas le télé non plus", does one mean "I [like you] also don't watch tv" and the other mean "I don't watch tv either [in addition to another activity]"?
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
5 February 2019
5/02/19
Hi Rebecca,
You can say both without altering the meaning but to me it means you agreeing with another person who does not watch 'la télé' either....
Hoep this helps!