Lesson 8 - Grammar 3 - Other negative adverbs (Autres adverbes négatifs.)
In this lesson, we will study:
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ne ... plus | ‘no longer’, ‘not ... anymore’ |
ne ... jamais | ‘never’ |
In non-compound tenses the sequence will be:
subject
+ ne + (object pronoun if any) + verb + plus…
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Je n'en envoie plus à l'étranger. | I don't send any abroad anymore. |
In compound tenses the second part of the negation will he placed between the auxiliary and the verb:
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Je n'en ai plus envoyé à l'étranger. | I haven’t sent any abroad anymore. |
Combinations of negative adverbs are frequent:
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Il ne vient jamais personne. | No one ever comes. |
On ne les invitera plus jamais. | We’ll never invite them ever again. |
Ils ne vérifient jamais rien. | They never check anything. |
Je ne dirai jamais plus rien. | I'll never say anything anymore. |
When the infinitive is negated, all elements of the negation precede the infinitive.
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Il a promis de ne plus jamais y aller. | He promised never to go there again. |
Examples / Exemples | |
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1. Je ne travaille plus. | I don't work anymore. |
2. Je n'ai plus de travail. | I have no more work. |
3. Je ne veux plus rien. | I don't want anything anymore. |
4. Plus rien ne marche. | Nothing works anymore. |
5. Plus personne ne s'en occupe. | Nobody takes care of it anymore. |
6. Je ne connais plus personne. | I don't know anybody anymore. |
1. Nous n'avons jamais d'ennuis. | We never have any troubles. |
2. Ça ne marchera jamais. | It will never work. |
3. Ça n'arrivera plus jamais. | It will never happen again (anymore). |
4. Je ne dirai jamais plus rien. | I’ll never say anything anymore. |
5. Je ne vois jamais plus personne. | I don't see anyone anymore. |
6. Il ne dit jamais rien. | He never says anything. |
7. Il vaut mieux ne plus jamais rien dire. | It's better not to say anything ever again. |