Look at these sentences:
Je ne me suis pas amusée.
I didn't have fun.
Tu ne t'es pas réveillé à temps.
You didn't wake up on time.
Il ne s'est pas reposé longtemps.
He didn't rest for long.
Elles ne se sont pas rasées cette semaine.
They didn't shave this week.
When using a negative structure like "ne/n'...pas" with reflexive verbs in compound tenses, ne/n' is placed before the reflexive pronoun "me/te/se/nous/vous/se", and pas comes after the conjugated verb être.
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Ron
Kwiziq community member
23/10/17
Bonjour Donald,
This seems to me to be a contextual type issue. If «vous» is being used in the formal sense and speaking to one person, then no «-s» would be included; however, on the other hand if it is used in the plural sense, then yes an «-s» would be added. When looking at an example that uses the «nous» form, the «-s» was added to indicate plural.
This seems to me to be a contextual type issue. If «vous» is being used in the formal sense and speaking to one person, then no «-s» would be included; however, on the other hand if it is used in the plural sense, then yes an «-s» would be added. When looking at an example that uses the «nous» form, the «-s» was added to indicate plural.
Cheryl
Kwiziq community member
12 November 2016
2 replies
How to form a question
by inverting a sentence that is both negative and in a compound tense, please?
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
16/11/16
Bonjour Cheryl !
Let's take this negative statement in Le Passé Composé:
"Tu n'as pas mangé aujourd'hui." (You haven't eaten today.)
In an inverted question, it will become:
"N'as-tu pas mangé aujourd'hui ?"
Also have a look at our lesson on inverted questions in Le Passé Composé:
https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/revision/grammar/how-to-form-inverted-questions-in-le-passe-compose-conversational-past
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
Cheryl
Kwiziq community member
17/11/16
Thank you Aurélie.
Karl
Kwiziq community member
26 March 2019
1 reply
Nous ne nous sommes pas couchés hier soir
I’m having real difficulty pronouncing this sentence and I’m wondering whether in conversation the « ne » is dropped to ease pronunciation.
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
9 April 2019
9/04/19
Hi Karl,
Yes, you can drop the ‘ne’ in conversation and you will rarely hear it pronounced in every day informal speech in France.