ne

Signification (Anglais)

1. not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
2. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
3. Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-called "pleonastic" or "expletive" ne.
4. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative

Synonymes

ne pas

pas

ne point

ne … pas

non

🙅

norvégien

🇳🇴/🇸🇯

bermudien

ne ... pas

patron

non pas

pélagin

chien

🐕

niet

ne guère

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/nə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French, from Old French nen or ne preceding words starting in a consonant, from Latin nōn.

Phrases

Elle ne voulait pas le dire .

She didn't want to say it.

Mais on ne sait rien de sa fin .

But we don't know anything about its end.

Il ne sait pas le secret .

He doesn't know the secret.

Denis ne comprend pas pourquoi .

Denis doesn't understand why.

Mais , il ne peut compléter son projet .

But, he can't complete his project.

Votre précision ne me semble donc pas indispensable .

Your precision therefore does not seem essential to me.

Elle , ne comprenait toujours pas les refus de son amie .

She still did not understand her friend's refusals.

Je ne saisis pas le lien entre vos arguments et ma proposition .

I do not understand the link between your arguments and my proposal.