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Literary Ne,used without the pas

can anyone tell me the origin of the literary use of ne without a 'pas' after the following verb in mainly literary situations

Started by dAVID sebire in French Grammar

2 Jul 23, 2009
Reply by Frank

Eviter

Eviter de manger trop de gras. I read the above in an advertisements on France 2 channel. Does it mean avoid eating a lot of fats or avoi…

Started by Crack1 in French Grammar

7 Jul 23, 2009
Reply by Frank

Nous sommes ...

1.Nous sommes lundi aujourd'hui. 2.Nous sommes lundi. [ Today is Monday.] For some strange reason French uses the phrase ' Nous sommes ..…

Started by Crack1 in French Grammar

5 Jul 23, 2009
Reply by Frank

Frisking

They will frisk you and the baggage at the airport. Frisking people is common at airports. -----------------------------------------------…

Started by Crack1 in French Grammar

7 Jul 23, 2009
Reply by Crack1

QCM

Ella a vu toutes les pieces de theatre qu' elle avait.... a. voulu b. voulus c. voulue d. voulues Quel est le correct choix? Merci

Started by Steve Hajdu in French Grammar

3 Jul 23, 2009
Reply by Frank

About Lido

Hi folks, Please advise how to translate following sentences; When looking at the outside of Lido night club it doesn't look so luxurious…

Started by Stephen Liu in Translation Help

5 Jul 23, 2009
Reply by Frank

A sentence from Le Petit Prince

Here are three consecutive sentences from Chapter 4 of Le Petit Prince. I cannot figure out the meaning of the second sentence. Elles (les…

Started by Paul E. Baronowsky in Translation Help

2 Jul 22, 2009
Reply by Paul E. Baronowsky

french history

the resistance agent is coming out of a train station and has to go through a french police barrier; his valise with a radio transmitter is…

Started by isabelle hayes in French Grammar

2 Jul 22, 2009
Reply by isabelle hayes

L'inde

1. J'ai été en l'inde. I have been to India. We use the present perfect tense even if you visited India 10 or 50 years ago. My question i…

Started by Crack1 in French Grammar

15 Jul 22, 2009
Reply by Neil Coffey

Would you like a couple of French podcasts?

Hello, Would you be interested in a couple of free podcasts? If the answer is "yes", what topics / vocab / grammar points would you like…

Started by Frank in French learning / teaching

1 Jul 22, 2009
Reply by Frank

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