Let us start with sentence negation. At S-structure the negative particle is adjoined to the first auxiliary verb in the clause: (1 Mary went to the movies. ) a. b. Mary did not go to the movies.

Using est-ce que at the start of a phrase or changing the order of the subject and verb are options. The negative form Do you you know how to use the negative form? In French ne ... pas means 'not ...

In French, if you want to make a sentence negative, form a 'sandwich' around the main verb. ' Ne ', or n' in front of a vowel or silent h, means 'not' and comes before the verb, and a negative ...