A verb is negated by placing ne after the subject and usually pas after the verb.
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Je ne veux pas être un numéro.
I don't want to be a number. |
Ne becomes n' before a vowel. In compound tenses pas follows the auxiliary.
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La France a perdu une bataille! Mais la France n'a pas perdu la guerre! -- Appel du général de Gaulle
France has lost a battle! But France has not lost the war. |
Placing ne pas before an infinitive negates it.
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L'enfer est de ne pas aimer.
Hell is not to love. |
In casual speech, the ne is often omitted.
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Je sais pas.
I don't know. |
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