What are the negative expressions in French?
Common Negative Words and Phrases
- ça ne fait rien (it doesn’t matter)
- de rien (you’re welcome) and il n’y a pas de quoi (you’re welcome)
- jamais de la vie! (never! out of the question! not on your life!)
- pas du tout (not at all)
- pas encore (not yet)
- pas maintenant (not now)
How do you answer a negative sentence in French?
In most cases, we use oui (yes) and non (no) in French the same way as in English. However, if someone asks you a negative question or makes a negative statement and you want to disagree with it (i.e. answer in the positive) then use si instead of oui.
How do you conjugate Finir?
Conjugate the verb finir:
- je finis. tu finis.
- il finissait. nous avons fini.
- vous finirez.
- ils finiraient.
What are negative sentences examples in French?
Other ways to make negative sentences in French
- personne (no one, not anyone) Example: Je ne vois personne dans la rue.
- rien (nothing, not anything) Example: Il n’y a rien de plus beau.
- jamais (never, not ever) Example:
- plus (no longer, not anymore) Example:
- aucun (not any, no) Example:
What is the French infinitive list?
Verbs commonly followed by an infinitive
| French | English |
|---|---|
| aimer | to like |
| préférer | to prefer |
| espérer | to hope |
| savoir | to know |
How to use negation in a sentence in French?
More expressions for negation. 1 ne + verb + nulle part = nowhere or anywhere. 2 ne + verb + que = only. 3 ne + qu’à faire = just + verb. 4 Rien + qu’à + infinitive = by just doing something. 5 Ne + verb + aucun (e) = no or any.
Which is an example of a negative sentence in French?
Making a negative sentence is a little bit complicated in French and require some attention. The word order is the following: An example phrase is “Je ne sais pas”, which means I don’t know. In this example “je” is the subject and “sais” and is the verb and means to know in the first person.
When to use rien or personne in negation?
Ne … pas is the most frequently used. Rien and personne may be used as subjects of a verb. In such cases, ne retains its place before the conjugated verb: Rien ne m’énerve. (Nothing bothers me.) Personne n’est en retard. (Nobody is late.) Double negatives are generally not used in French.
What is the negation of the word PAS in French?
special negation expressions French has several other types of negation where another words jamais (never), rien (nothing) and personne (nobody) replace the word pas. Ne + verb + jamais = never The word ‘jamais’ means never.