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before you read this topic. look at the topic of garçoncanadien.

http://moi-alizee.us/forums/showthread.php?t=1281

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you have learned ne..pas now. in this (small) topic you learn a bit more:

ne..rien = nothing
ne..jamais = never
ne..plus = not anymore
ne..personne = nobody

il n'est rien.
it's nothing.

je ne veux jamais dormir.
i never want to sleep.

je ne travaille plus dans la boulangerie.
i don't work at the bakery anymore.

il n'est personne.
it's nobody.

Thanks isabella....greatly appreciated:)

thanks for that isabella greatly appreciated keep'em coming

I'll add two more that I know, if that's okay with you. :D Please correct me if there are mistakes.

ne ... guère = hardly

Je n'ai guère compris! = I hardly understood (anything)!

ne ... aucun(e) = not ... any, no

The word "aucun(e)" must agree with the noun that it is describing. If it is describing a feminine noun, then you must include the "e." (i.e., Je n'ai acheté aucune pomme. = I did not buy any apples.)

Je n'ai acheté aucun billet.* = I did not buy any tickets.

*Unlike most negative constructions in compound tenses, the second part of the negative, "aucun(e)," does not follow the first conjugated verb. It instead goes after the second conjugated verb.

thanks to everybody posting in this section :)

thank you, and sorry for this late reply:)