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Negation: ne… pas, jamais, rien
Say no correctly, from ne… pas to personne, in the present and the past.
Negation looks simple but hides many traps. Learn where ne and pas go, the spoken negation without ne, the other negations (jamais, plus, rien, personne), rien and personne as subjects, and the position of the negation with the passé composé and object pronouns.
Lessons
- 1
Ne… pas: the basic negation
Build a negative sentence: ne before the verb, pas after, and what happens in speech.
- 2
Jamais, plus, rien, personne
Go beyond pas: never, no longer, nothing, nobody, and their position.
- 3
Negation with the past tense and pronouns
Place the negation in compound tenses and with object pronouns.
Final assessment
Ten questions drawn from the whole course. Score 70% or more to earn your certificate.
What you will be able to do
- 01Build negative sentences correctly
- 02Use jamais, plus, rien, personne
- 03Negate the passé composé
- 04Place pronouns inside the negation
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