Could someone please help give me an example in negative form? I would like to understand if the du has to change to de.
Ex Paul will never hurt me (both physically and emotionally)?
Could someone please help give me an example in negative form? I would like to understand if the du has to change to de.
Ex Paul will never hurt me (both physically and emotionally)?
Bonjour Pui,
Il ne fait mal à personne = he doesn’t hurt anyone
Il n’a fait mal à personne = he didn’t hurt anyone
Je ne fais de mal à personne = I don’t hurt anyone
Je n’ai fait de mal à personne = I didn’t hurt anyone
Je n'ai pas fait de mal à Patrice = I didn't hurt Patrice
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
Just looking at Céline’s answer to Deleted above, I can’t see why the first has both pas and personne and the second just the one negation, personne. Can you possibly clarify?: Je ne fais pas de mal à personne = I don’t hurt anyone
Je n’ai fait de mal à personne = I didn’t hurt anyone
Just looking at Céline’s answer to Deleted above, I can’t see why the first has both pas and personne and the second just the one negation, personne. Can you possibly clarify?: Je ne fais pas de mal à personne = I don’t hurt anyone
Je n’ai fait de mal à personne = I didn’t hurt anyone
Bonjour Anne,
Thank you for pointing this out! You are correct that the first sentence doesn't make much sense: you do not need "pas" there. I have amended my sentence. Obviously, I didn't pay enough attention to what I was writing.
Merci et bonne journée !
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