Negation, part 1: ne... pas

Where does 'ne...pas' go?

• Around the first verb

• At the end of the sentence

• Before the subject

• After the object

How do you spell “ne”?

When does “ne” elision?

• Before a vowel or mute h

• Before a consonant

Match these

• never

• ne...personne

• nothing

• ne...jamais

• nobody/

  not anyone

• ne...plus

• no longer/

  not anymore

• ne...rien

• not

• ne...pas

I don’t dance.

• pas

• danse

• je

• ne

I don't dance anymore.

• je

• ne

• plus

• danse

We don’t study. (Shame on you!)

• pas

• étudions

• nous

• n'

We don’t study anymore. [Because you used my tricks and now you know how to study quickly]

• plus

• nous

• étudions

• n'

You don’t think.

• pas

• penses

• tu

• ne

You no longer think.

• penses

• plus

• tu

• ne