FREN 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Preposition And Postposition, Relative Pronoun, Partitive
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Negative expressions: ne pas, to make a simple negative statement, question, or command in french, ne pas is placed around the verb, other negative expressions. Ne jamais negates the adverbs souvent (often), quelquefois (sometimes), parfois (occasionally), toujours (always), and de temps en temps (from time to time) Jamais can be used alone to answer a question. Jamais can also be used alone in a positive context to mean ever: ne plus. Ne plus is used to indicate a negative change in a situation, and it is sometimes used to negate the adverbs encore and toujours when they mean still: ne personne/ne . rien. Ne personne and ne rien function in similar ways as negative constructions. When used as a subject, both parts of the negative expression precede the verb, and the verb is always in the singular. When used as a direct object, ne precedes the verb and.
