French Negatives I used to know that when making sentences negative in French, we use + + . For example, . However, I also see some negative forms like , and or only. Are all of these cases correct?

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French Negatives I used to know that when making sentences negative in French, we use <> + <> + <>. For example, <>. However, I also see some negative forms like <>, and <> or <> only. Are all of these cases correct?

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La négation a aussi d'autres formes:
ne... rien (nothing)
ne...plus (not anymore)
ne...personne (nobody)
ne...jamais (never)
ne...aucun (nobody or nothing)

Je crois que c'est tout! :)

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With the infinitive of the verb the order changes, as in the example you just gave « ne pas oublier »
There are other kinds of negatives, so to speak, where other words are used instead of « pas », such as if you want to say “never” you use «ne»+V+«jamais» (eg «nʼoublie jamais» = “never forget”... or in the infinitive «ne jamais oublier»)
Also the «ne» is often omitted, especially in spoken French

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