Ne... Ni...ni = Neither...nor

Gerald B.B1Kwiziq community member

why do we say je ne veux ni chanter ni danser

but we do say tu n'avais envie ni DE sortir ni DE voir du monde?

Asked 6 hours ago

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Gerald, the ‘ de ‘ is necessary in the 2nd sentence because the verbal expression is ‘ avoir envie de …’.

The verb ‘ vouloir ‘ however does not take the preposition ‘ de ‘ following it in this context.

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/vouloir

Like06 hours ago

why do we say je ne veux ni chanter ni danser

but we do say tu n'avais envie ni DE sortir ni DE voir du monde?

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