French Negative Sentences

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How to form a simple negative sentence

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The two parts go around the conjugated verb:

Je ne rentre pas...

The two parts go around the auxiliary or semi-auxiliary verb:

Tu n'as pas fait...

The two parts go around the reflexive pronoun and the conjugated verb (or auxiliary):

Nous ne nous brossons pas...

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ne...jamaisnever, not ever

Je n'y suis jamais...

ne...plusno longer, not anymore

Elle n'y habite...

ne...personneno one, not anyone

Je ne vois...

ne...riennothing, not anything

Il n'y a rien...

ne...aucunnot any, no

Je n'en connais...

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