Negative Adverbs
Negative adverbs turn affirmative statements and questions into negative statements and questions. The most common English negative adverb is the word "not," but French is a little more complicated - quelle surprise ! ;-) negation
French Negation
Négation
Lessons on all the different types of French negation: negative adverbs, adjectives, pronouns, and conjunctions, plus different ways to say no, nothing, no one, and never.
Negative adverbs turn affirmative statements and questions into negative statements and questions. The most common English negative adverb is the word "not," but French is a little more complicated - quelle surprise ! ;-) A1 - Beginning French • adverbs • negation • word order
Negative Conjunctions
French has two closely related negative conjunctions: ni (nor) and ne ... ni ... ni (neither ... nor).
Negative Imperative
Telling someone not to do something is called, logically enough, a negative command. Negative Pronouns
French negative pronouns (ne ... personne, ne ... rien) replace and simultaneously negate nouns. They may be the subject or object of the verb they're used with. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • negation • pronouns • word order
Never and Ever
In English, there's no risk of confusion between "never" and "ever," which have opposing though not quite opposite meanings. In French, however, both terms can be translated by jamais. No – non, nan, niet…
informalities • negation • synonyms
Only and Not Only
There isn't only one way to say "only" in French. (See what I did there?) The English adverb "only" is used to restrict the verb, clause, or noun it modifies, and the most common ways to translate this into French are with seulement and ne ... que. While they both mean "only," they have different grammar rules. Opposites
Learn pairs of antonyms with this selection of opposing adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns. adverbs • indefinition • negation • pronouns
Pas without ne
The first thing French students learn about negation is that the two parts of the negative adverb ne ... pas are required on either side of the verb. In fact, pas is very often used informally without ne with several different parts of speech. Plus
The French word plus has a number of different meanings, uses, and even pronunciations. Semi-Auxiliary Verbs: Word Order
It's very common to have two verbs in a row in both English and French, as in J'aime danser. The word order can get very complicated when additional grammatical structures like object pronouns and negation are introduced. negation • pronouns • verbs • word order
Subjunctive with Negative and Indefinite Pronouns
The subjunctive is required after any type of construction that indicates negativity or doubt, including negative pronouns and indefinite pronouns. B2 - Upper-Intermediate French • indefinition • negation • pronouns
Variable Negative Pronouns
Variable negative pronouns are used in place of a negative adjective + noun, and must agree with the noun in gender. 
Unlike other French suffixes, -ci does not create new words, but rather adds additional meaning to the nouns and pronouns it's attached to.
