Ok
Look at these sentences:
Il ne s'amuse pas beaucoup.
He's not having a lot of fun.
Je ne me souviens pas de toi
I don't remember you
Vous ne vous lavez pas tous les matins.
You don't wash every morning.
Nous ne nous levons pas à 7h le lundi.
We don't get up at 7 on Mondays.
When using a negative structure like "ne/n'...pas" with reflexive verbs in simple tenses, ne/n' is placed before the reflexive pronoun "me/te/se/nous/vous/se", and pas is after the verb.
Il s'amuse beaucoup -> Il ne s'amuse pas beaucoup
He's having a lot of fun -> He's not having a lot of fun
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HeatherKwiziq community member
I had this question "make this statement negative" Vous vous réveillez tard. I wrote Vous ne vous réveillez pas tard. That was marked wrong because é
réveillez pas tard. That was marked wrong because "réveillez lost the second "e" and became révillez. what lesson is that taught in please. Thankyou in advance
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I had this question "make this statement negative" Vous vous réveillez tard. I wrote Vous ne vous réveillez pas tard. That was marked wrong because é
réveillez pas tard. That was marked wrong because "réveillez lost the second "e" and became révillez. what lesson is that taught in please. Thankyou in advance
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ne..plus/ne..jamais
Do ne..plus and ne..jamais follow the same rule as ne..pas do with reflexive verb?
Asked 2 years ago
Hi Charlene,
Just to correct a few things said earlier, yes they do but you need to use the auxilliary verb 'être' in the passé composé for reflexive verbs.
e.g.
Non, je ne me maquille plus = No, I don't make up any longer
Non, Il ne s'est jamais rasé = No, he has never shaved
Hope this helps!
Ron Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Bonsoir Claire,
That is correct for the negation of reflexive verbs when using ne . . .plus and ne . . . jamais and any other negation structural pair, i.e. ne . . .rien, ne . . . aucun(e). For example:
I do not shave anymore. --> Je ne me rase plus.
I have never shaved. --> Je ne m'ai jamais rasé
From the lesson:
«When using a negative structure like "ne/n'...pas" with reflexive verbs in simple tenses, ne/n' is placed before the reflexive pronoun "me/te/se/nous/vous/se", and pas is after the verb.
Il s'amuse beaucoup -> Il ne s'amuse pas beaucoup
He's having a lot of fun -> He's not having a lot of fun»
I hope that you find this beneficial.
Bonne chance et bonne continuation.
à bientôt
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ne..plus/ne..jamais
Do ne..plus and ne..jamais follow the same rule as ne..pas do with reflexive verb?
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