Using the negation form (ne...pas de) with the verb avoir

The french negation ne...pas is a very common expression in the french language. However, the preposition (de) in this form will be following the negation ne....pas. In this case, an infinitive(verb) will not be following the preposition (de). The meaning of (ne...pas de) of not having any, or an. In what follows the preposition(de) will be articles such as a group of people,person, animals, or things!



I. group of people!


Je n'ai pas de soeurs!


I don't have sisters!


Note: The conguated verb will always go in the middle of ne...pas

Example: n'ai pas, (ai) is the conguated verb of avoir.


II. Used for a person


Vous n'avez pas d'oncle.

You don't have an oncle.

Note: However, we are going to use (d') before the the vowel.



III. It is used for things


Nous n'avons pas de stylos


We don't have any pens!


IV. It is used for animals


Elles n'ont pas de chats


They don't have any cats.

Using the French negation ne .... ni .....ni

The French negatation ne..... ni....ni, has very different modes in which it is used! This negatation is a very common and unique negation to use in the langauge.

However, the meanings of the negatation ne.... ni....ni means in the english language:not... neither... nor; not... nor ....nor


I. First ne... ni .....ni can be used in verbs


Example I.

Je ne manage ni boire ni parler pendant le diner


I didn't eat nor drink nor speak during dinner.



Example II.

Je ne lis ni écrire ni faire mes devoirs


I didn't read nor write nor do my homework.


Example III. Using the verb savoir

Les enfants ne savent ni lire ni écrire.

The children doesn't know how to read nor write


Note:
French word(Comment)- means how in english

Whenever one uses the verb savoir, it important to use ne...ni..ni in the langauge, but never put french word (comment) to interfere with using ne ... ni ... ni!


II. The negation ne....ni ....ni can be used with an definite articles

Note: Definite articles are- la, le, l', les


Example I.

Vous ne mangez ni les bonbons ni les oranges

You don't eat neither candy nor oranges.



Example II.


Elle ne crois ni la déclaration ni le décision de cette personne.

She doesn't believe neither the statements nor the decision of that person.

The difference between ne... pas and ne.... point

As we have observed the negation ne....pas. There is another negation that is used in the French langauge called ne....point, which means (not). Even though they both mean the same, but there is a difference using these two negations in the French langauge. Overall, it is still used before and after the verb.


I. Ne... point


This negation is rarely used in the French language! This negatation is only used for novels,poems,and in the bible, but it is also the same usage as the negation ne...pas.

Example:

Il ne veux point l'amour- He doesn't want love

As one observes the sentence, (ne) goes before the verb, and point goes directly after the verb.


II ne....pas

The negation ne.... pas is the popular negatation in the french language and can be used before and after the verb. It doesn't have the rule when it's used just as ne... point when it's required.


Example:

Je ne veux pas aller- I don't want to go!

Using the negation with ne....pas

The popular negation in the French langauge deals with (ne....pas). This negation is used a lot in the french language. Even though other negatations are used in the French language, this negatation is important to use (ne...pas).


The meaning for ( ne....pas) means- not



However, here are a couple of examples to use with (ne...pas)


First example

Je manage aujourd'hui. - I eat today

Let's use ne...pas with this sentence. It is important to put ne before the verb manager, and put pas after the verb manager.

Je ne manage pas aujourd'hui. - I didn't eat today


One would probably ask me- what about with two verbs. The negatation will be still in the same position. Let's use a sentence

First example with two verbs

Je vais écrire cette papier. - I am going to write


vais is a verb, but it's conguated by the verb (aller)! The verb-(écrire) is the second verb in the sentence. Let's use the negation with ne...pas in the sentence. When there are two verbs in the sentence,ne.... pas still goes in the same place before and after the first verb.

Second example with two verbs with negation

Je ne vais pas écrire cette papier. - I am not going to write that paper.