French Negative Adverbs

Ne ... pas is the most common French negative adverb, but there are a number of others which follow the same grammatical rules.

ne ... pas encore	not yet
Il n'est pas encore arrivé.	He has not arrived yet.
ne ... pas toujours	not always
Je ne mange pas toujours ici.	I don't always eat here.
Lesson: encore vs toujours
ne ... pas du tout	not at all
Je n'aime pas du tout les épinards.	I don't like spinach at all.
ne ... pas non plus	neither, not either
Je n'aime pas non plus les oignons.	I don't like onions either.
ne ... aucunement	not at all, in no way
Il n'est aucunement à blâmer.	He is in no way to blame.
ne ... guère	hardly, barely, scarcely
Il n'y a guère de monde.	There's hardly anyone there.
ne ... jamais	never
Nous ne voyageons jamais.	We never travel.
ne ... nullement	not at all
Il ne veut nullement venir.	He doesn't want to come at all.
ne ... nulle part	nowhere
Je ne l'ai trouvé nulle part.	I couldn't find it anywhere.
ne ... point	not (formal/literary equivalent of ne...pas)
Je ne te hais point.	I don't hate you.
ne ... plus	no more, not anymore
Vous n'y travaillez plus.	You don't work there anymore.
ne ... que	only
Il n'y a que deux chiens.	There are only two dogs.

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