NEGATION La négation Negating a French verb … requires TWO words … one word BEFORE the verb … one word AFTER the verb Negating a French verb … the TWO words are … ne BEFORE the verb … pas AFTER the verb La négation en français ne VERB pas J’ ai un livre. ai = verbe Je n' ai pas de livre. Negating a French verb When the verb starts with a vowel or h … … ‘ne’ changes to n’… Negating a French verb indefinite articles un/une/des … change to de The C’est fini !