Tex's French Grammar: Negation

neg2_ex1: basic negation: ne ... pas

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:40:02 -0500

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Tex: Tu ne vas pas en cours aujourd'hui, Tammy?
Tex: You're not going to class today Tammy?

Tammy: Non. Je ne vais pas bien. Je ne peux pas manger et j'ai mal Ã la tÃªte.
Tammy: No. I am not well. I cannot eat and I have a headache.

Tex: Tu n'as pas de chance! Ce soir, il y a une fÃªte chez Edouard!
Tex: That's too bad [literally 'you are not lucky']! Tonight there is a party at Edouard's!

Tammy: Tu n'es pas d'un grand rÃ©confort, tu sais!Tammy: You are not a lot of comfort, you know!

neg2_ex2: basic negation: ne ... pas

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:39:02 -0500

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Tex n'a pas Ã©tÃ© trÃ¨s gentil.
Tex was not very nice.

Tammy ne va pas passer la soirÃ©e chez Edouard.
Tammy is not going to spend the evening at Edouard's.

neg2_ex3: basic negation: ne ... pas

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:38:02 -0500

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Tammy: Tex, t'es (tu es) pas trÃ¨s gentil.
Tammy: Tex, you are not very nice.

neg3_ex1: alternate forms (1) ne ... jamais, rien, personne, etc.

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:37:02 -0500

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neÂ ... jamais
never, not ever

neÂ ... pas encore
not yet

neÂ ... rien
nothing, not anything

neÂ ... personne
nobody, no one, not anybody

neÂ ... plus
no more, not any longer

neÂ ... pas du tout
not at all

neg3_ex2: alternate forms (1) ne ... jamais, rien, personne, etc.

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:36:02 -0500

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C'est dimanche matin.
It is Sunday morning.

Tammy: Tex, tu es rÃ©veillÃ©?
Tammy: Tex are you awake?

Tex: Non, je ne suis pas rÃ©veillÃ©.
Tex: No, I am not awake.

Tammy: Tu dors encore?
Tammy: Are you still asleep?

Tex: Maintenant, je ne dors plus! Avec toi, je ne peux jamais faire la grasse matinÃ©e!
Tex: Now I am no longer alseep! With you I can never sleep in!

Tammy: Mais regarde, je t'apporte une tasse de cafÃ© et un croissant.
Tammy: But look, I'm bringing you a cup of coffee and a croissant.

Tex: Non merci, je ne veux rien. Je n'ai pas du tout faim.
Tex: No thanks, I don't want anything. I am not hungry at all.

Tammy: Eh bien, tu es charmant ce matin.
Tammy: Well, aren't you charming this morning.

neg3_ex3: alternate forms (1) ne ... jamais, rien, personne, etc.

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:35:02 -0500

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Ce matin, Tex ne veut voir personne.
This morning Tex does not want to see anybody.

Il ne veut parler Ã personne.
He does not want to talk to anybody.

Il ne pense Ã rien.
He's not thinking about anything.

neg3_ex4: alternate forms (1) ne ... jamais, rien, personne, etc.

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:34:02 -0500

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Personne n'aime se lever tÃ´t un dimanche.
Nobody likes to get up early on a Sunday.

Rien n'est pire.
Nothing is worse.

neg3_ex5: alternate forms (1) ne ... jamais, rien, personne, etc.

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:33:02 -0500

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Tammy: Je ne te ferai plus jamais le petit-dÃ©jeuner.
Tammy: I will never make your breakfast again.

Tex: Mais Tammy, tu sais que je ne prends jamais rien au petit-dÃ©jeuner.
Tex: But Tammy, you know I never have anything for breakfast.

neg4_ex1: alternate forms (2) ne ... aucun, ni ... ni, que

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:32:02 -0500

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Bette: Alors Tex, Tammy est malade?
Bette: So Tex, is Tammy ill?

Tex: Aucune idÃ©e. Je suis passÃ© chez elle hier soir et il n'y avait personne. Je n'ai reÃ§u aucun coup de tÃ©lÃ©phone et aucune nouvelle depuis deux jours ...
Tex: I have no idea. I went to her place last night and there was nobody there. I have received no phone call and no news for two days ...

neg4_ex2: alternate forms (2) ne ... aucun, ni ... ni, que

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:31:02 -0500

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Bette: Et moi, je n'ai vu Tammy ni hier ni aujourd'hui.
Bette: And me, I saw Tammy neither yesterday nor today.

Tex: Ni moi ni Fiona n'avons vu Tammy hier. Et aujourd'hui, Tammy ne m'a ni tÃ©lÃ©phonÃ© ni Ã©crit un e-mail. Je m'inquiÃ¨te. Tu crois qu'elle est partie avec un autre tatou?
Tex: Neither I nor Fiona saw her yesterday. And today, Tammy neither called me nor wrote me an e-mail. I am worried. Do you think she left with another armadillo?

neg4_ex3: alternate forms (2) ne ... aucun, ni ... ni, que

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:30:02 -0500

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Bette: Peut-Ãªtre ... AprÃ¨s tout, cela ne fait qu'un an que vous Ãªtes ensemble ...
Bette: Maybe ... After all it has only been a year that you've been together ...

Tex: Oh, merci Bette! Il n'y a que toi pour dire des choses pareilles!
Tex: Oh, thanks Bette! Only you can say such things!

neg5_ex1: one-word negative sentences si, jamais, etc.

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:29:02 -0500

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Chez Tammy:
At Tammy's house:

Tex: Tammy, tu es lÃ ?
Tex: Tammy, are you there?

Tammy: Oui.
Tammy: Yes.

Tex: Tu ne m'aimes plus?
Tex: You don't love me anymore?

Tammy: Si, un peu.
Tammy: Yes, I do, a little.

neg5_ex2: one-word negative sentences si, jamais, etc.

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:28:02 -0500

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Tex: Tammy, tu es malade?
Tex: Tammy, are you sick?

Tammy: Non!
Tammy: No!

Tex: Tu es fÃ¢chÃ©e?
Tex: Are you mad?

Tammy: Pas vraiment.
Tammy: Not really.

neg5_ex3: one-word negative sentences si, jamais, etc.

www@mail.laits.utexas.edu — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:27:02 -0500

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Tex: Tammy, qu'est-ce que tu fais?
Tex: Tammy, what are you doing?

Tammy: Rien!
Tammy: Nothing!

Tex: Qui est avec toi?
Tex: Who is with you?

Tammy: Personne!
Tammy: No one!

Tex: Tu vas me quitter pour un autre?
Tex: Are you going to leave me for another?

Tammy: Jamais!
Tammy: Never!