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Originally Posted by Ronald

I've had French lessons back in the old days at school and now I'm re-learning it, cause I forgot most of it, which is a shame

When you want to deny something you use: ne.....pas

So I'm a little confused with lilly's song: J'ai pas vingt ans which should be something like Je n'ai pas vingt ans. I notice people writing more sentences without using "ne". I can't find any explanation on the net, so hopefully someone can explain, thanks

It's a common contraction, most people use "J'ai pas" instead of "Je n'ai pas" which is mostly used for writing.

Basically "Je n'ai pas", the "e" and the "n" vanish.
Like English uses contractions like "I don't" for "I do not", "I can't" for "I cannot" etc...