French Negatives

How do you say something is not good?

Would it be n'est pas bien?

It is not good for your health. = n'est pas bien pour la sante.
Is this correct?

Also how would you say not doing in french?

For example not doing exercise?

Thanks.

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EducatorPermalink Reply by stu harris on March 6, 2010 at 5:27pm

I believe n'est pas bien pour la santé is correct, yes.

In literal translation, not doing would be ne faisant or ne pas faisant. However, you wouldn't use that in sentence construction. Your example would simply be N'exercisant pas.

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EducatorPermalink Reply by stu harris on March 6, 2010 at 6:04pm

Sorry, assuming that you're talking about physical exercises, I guess it should be Ne s'excercisant pas.

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Permalink Reply by Isabelle75Paris on March 7, 2010 at 5:46pm

If you want to say that someone doesn't do any sport or exercises then you can translate it by "ne pas faire d’exercices". And it is more correct to use "pas bon" rather than "pas bien" to say that it's not good for the health.