French Negations

Negation turns an affirmative statement into its opposite denial in any tense or mood

• True

• False

Negation is always expressed with "ne...pas"

• True

• False

ne...jamais means:

• sometimes

• always

• never

• not ever

ne...que means:

• not ever

• not now

• only

• not forever

ne...personne means:

• not now

• no one

• not anyone

• nobody

ne...rien means:

• not anything

• never anything

• anything

• nothing

ne...ni...ni means:

• neither now

• neither nor

• neither then

• neither here

all examples of negation words are placed where the pas would be except for ni...ni

• True

• False

all examples of present tense negation words like "pas" are placed...

• right after the verb

• right before the verb

Translate: We haven't seen anyone.

• Nous n’avons plus vu personne.

• Nous avons vu une personne.

• Nous ne voyons personne.

• Nous n'avons vu personne.