How to Use French Double Negatives

Step by step instructions to Use French Double Negatives Grammarians demand that two negatives make a positive. While this might be valid in English, in French two negatives generally make a more grounded negative. Twofold refutation is exceptionally regular in French, especially casual French. Be that as it may, there are a few principles and guidelines when utilizing twofold negatives in French. Twofold Negation With N e... Pas At the point when ne... pas is utilized in a twofold negative with rien, it nullifies rien so the importance isn't nothing:Ce home pas rien.Its not nothing Its something.Ne... pas can't be utilized with aucun, jamais, or personne.Wrong: Je nai pas aucun ami.Right: Je nai aucun ami.I have no friends.Wrong: Je ne veux pas jamais grandir.Right: Je ne veux jamais grandir.I never need to develop up.Wrong: Je nai pas vu personne.Right: Je nai vu personne.I didnt see anybody. Twofold Negation With​ ​Ne... Jamais and Ne... Also Jamais and in addition to can be utilized with each other and with the antagonistic words aucun, personne, and rien.On ne voit jamais aucune perfection.One never observes any perfection.Literally, One never observes no perfection.Je nai jamais blessã © personne.I have never harmed anyone.Literally, I have never harmed no one.Je nai jamais rien volà ©.I have never taken anything.Literally, I have never taken nothing.Je nai in addition to aucun argent.I dont have any cash any more.Literally, I dont have no cash any more.Je ne peux in addition to jamais lui parler.I can never converse with him again.Literally, I cant never converse with him again.Je ne vois in addition to personne.I dont see anybody any more.Literally, I dont see nobody any more. Ne... Pas Que Ne... pas que is an uncommon case. The negative verb modifier ne... que implies just, so ne... pas que implies not only:Il ny avait que des hommes.There were just men. vs.Il ny avait pas que des hommes.There werent just men.Je ne regrette quune chose.I lament just a single thing. vs.Je ne regrette pas quune chose.I dont lament just a single thing.