Look at these sentences:
Je n'ai plus d'encre dans mon stylo.
I have no ink left in my pen.
Tu n'as plus de lait.
You have no milk left.
Julie n'a plus de beurre.
Julie doesn't have any butter left.
Il n'a plus de billes.
He doesn't have any marbles left.
Vous n'avez plus de pommes à la maison.
You don't have any apples left at home.
Notice that to say you have none left, you wrap the expression ne ... plus de around the verb avoir (to have).
Note also that de changes into d' in front of a vowel or mute h.
Note also that when the object is countable (apples, marbles etc.), the -s remains at the end.
ATTENTION: In this structure, you only use de or d' .
See also Du, de la, de l', des all become de or d' in negative sentences (partitive articles)
Pronounciation Note: when plus has a negative meaning (no more), you never pronounce the final -s.
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Tu n'as plus de lait.
You have no milk left.
Je n'ai plus d'encre dans mon stylo.
I have no ink left in my pen.
Vous n'avez plus de pommes à la maison.
You don't have any apples left at home.
Il n'a plus de billes.
He doesn't have any marbles left.
Julie n'a plus de beurre.
Julie doesn't have any butter left.
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Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
18/04/17
Do you mean "Je n'ai pas de questions." ?
:)
Rod
Kwiziq community member
20/04/17
Laura
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1/08/16
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
8/05/16
You would say: "Je n'AI plus d'eau.".
"a" is the verb form for "il/elle/on" : e.g. "Il n'a plus d'eau."
A bientôt !
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
23/03/16
This is a very interesting question.
You could indeed form the following question:
"N'as-tu plus d'argent ?"
But you could also use "As-tu encore de l'argent ?" which would be "Do you still have some money?".
I hope that's helpful!
John
Kwiziq community member
23/03/16
John
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5/04/17
Shruti
Kwiziq community member
22/02/18
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
5/03/18
@ John and Shruti
Yes, both your sentences are valid to ask "Don't you have any money left?" :)
Bonne journée!
helen
Kwiziq community member
7 January 2018
4 replies
Could you also use aucun?
She doesn't have any milk left. "Elle n'a plus aucun de lait" Would that be considered wrong?
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
6 February 2018
6/02/18
Hi Helen,
It is incorrect to say what you suggest for, She doesn't have any milk left .
You would say , Elle n'a plus de lait or even, Elle n'a plus du tout de lait.
For the double negatives using aucun here are a couple of examples using ne plus and aucun , Elle n'a plus aucun respect pour lui, or, Elle n'a plus aucun ami, which will translate as, She has no respect left for him whatsoever, She has no friends left whatsoever.
Hope this helps!
Chris
Kwiziq community member
8 January 2018
8/01/18
Elle n'a aucune de bouteilles de lait. -- She hasn't got any milk bottles.
Elle n'a plus de bouteilles de lait. -- She has no more milk bottles.
Elle n'a pas de bouteilles de lait. -- She has no milk bottles.
In this examples the bottles of milk are individually countable and therefore "aucune" works in this case. But I don't think you can use "aucune" and "plus" together.
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
helen
Kwiziq community member
8 January 2018
8/01/18
I was also looking for Aucun/e in the double negative lesson and didn't find it. I really appreciate your help.
helen
Kwiziq community member
6 February 2018
6/02/18