15.7.3

Negative Sentences

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Making Negative Sentences

To make a sentence negative when there are two verbs, you put the negative forms around the first conjugated verb only.

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Key vocab

  • Je n’aime pas jouer au tennis. - I don’t like playing tennis.
  • Je n’aime pas lire. - I don’t like reading.
  • Je n’aime plus faire les devoirs. - I don’t like doing my homework anymore.
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La négation

  • Il n’aime jamais sortir.
    • He never likes to go out.
  • Elle n’aime plus regarder la télé.
    • She doesn’t like to go out anymore.
  • On n’adore pas faire du vélo.
    • We don’t like riding our bikes.

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