Negatifs To make a sentence negative in French, you surround the main verb in the sentence with the words ne and pas. I am singing. = Je chante. I am not.

Présentation au sujet: "Negatifs To make a sentence negative in French, you surround the main verb in the sentence with the words ne and pas. I am singing. = Je chante. I am not."— Transcription de la présentation:

1 negatifs To make a sentence negative in French, you surround the main verb in the sentence with the words ne and pas. I am singing. = Je chante. I am not singing. = Je ne chante pas. They are working. = Elles travaillent. They are not working. = Elles ne travaillent pas.

2 When a main verb begins with a vowel, ne becomes n’.
I am listening. = J’écoute. I am not listening. = Je n’écoute pas. They are studying. = Ils étudie. They are not studying. = Ils n’étudie pas. We are buying. = Nous achetons. We are not buying. = Nous n’achetons pas.

3 negatifs, practiquer Write a negative sentence using the designated pronoun. modele: regarder (nous) Nous ne regardons pas. danser (nous) parler (ils) manger (nous) aimer (je) chanter (vous) voyager (nous) regarder (elle) acheter (tu) écouter (je)

4 futur simple To make the futur simple, add a conjugated form of aller (to go) to an infinitive. Je vais chanter. Nous allons travailler. Ils vont étudier.

5 Making futur simple negative.
To construct the negative in French, we surround the sentence’s main verb with ne and pas. In the futur simple, the main verb is the conjugated form of aller, (So: vais, vas, va, allons, etc.) that is surrounded by ne… pas. The infinitive verb in the sentence is neither preceded by ne nor followed by pas.

6 futur simple, negatif To make the futur simple negative, surround the conjugated form of aller (to go) with ne and pas. Je vais chanter. Je ne vais pas chanter. Nous allons travailler. Nous n’ allons pas travailler. Ils vont étudier. Ils ne vont pas étudier.