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Use of jamais in French
Rule[edit | edit source]
jamais is mostly used with ne to mean 'never'. It can, however, also mean 'ever' in questions, in si- clauses or when it is a complement to sans:
Examples[edit | edit source]
- As-tu jamais vu une chose pareille?
Have you ever seen anything like it?
- Si jamais tu rencontres Jules, tu lui diras bonjour de ma part
If you ever meet Jules, say hello to him from me
- Il a fait cet exercice cent fois sans jamais se tromper
He's done that exercise a hundred times without ever making a mistake
Sources[edit | edit source]
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Polite Form
- Use of faire + partitive faire du, de la
- Verbs which take noun + adjective or noun + noun complements
- Use of en
- Plural
- Verbs with personal subject used impersonally
- Position of more than one object pronoun with faire etc. + infinitive
- Demonstrative pronouns
- Nouns which have the same spoken form but two different written forms
- Plural forms of adjectives — Adjectives which end in al
- The plural indefinite article des
- Coordination of stressed pronouns
- Proper Nouns
- Position of object pronouns with infinitives
- Present Tense