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Placing ''ne pas'' before an infinitive negates it. | Placing ''ne pas'' before an infinitive negates it. | ||
*Le pire est de ne pas essayer = '' | *Le pire est de ne pas essayer = ''The worst is not to try'' | ||
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Revision as of 13:00, 22 March 2016
Negations in French
A verb is negated by placing ne after the subject and usually pas after the verb.
- Je ne veux pas partir = I don't want to leave.
Ne becomes n' before a vowel.
- Il n'a pas perdu son sac = He has not lost his bag
Placing ne pas before an infinitive negates it.
- Le pire est de ne pas essayer = The worst is not to try