 | Nicolas Wanostrocht - 1860 - 370 pages
...two negations, nepas, ne-point, are used in French. However, pas or point are suppressed, 1. After the verbs cesser, to cease ; oser, to dare ; pouvoir, to be able ; and savoir, to know. Ex. II ne cesse de parler ; he talks incessantly. Je n'ose la contredire ; I... | |
 | J V. Douville - 1824 - 662 pages
...pas parler Francois ; it is prudent not to say it, il est prudent de ne le pas dire. But these four Verbs, cesser, to cease; oser, to dare; pouvoir, to be able ; savoir, to know ; when used with a negative in English, are more commonly used in French with ne only before the Verb... | |
 | Jerome N. Vlieland - 1827 - 434 pages
...requires to be preceded by NE, and the negation to be placed after the verb ; as, I have not, je n'ai pas. The Verbs cesser, to cease, oser, to dare, pouvoir, to be able, and savoir, particularly when used in the conditional in the sense of to be able, do not require the... | |
 | Jules Caron - 1853 - 216 pages
...neither... nor ; ne... que, only, not but ; ne... plus, no more. 449. Pas and point may be suppressed after the verbs cesser, to cease ; oser, to dare ; pouvoir, to be able, and savoir, to know, — when used to express a state of uncertainty ; as, Je ne sais s'il viendra.... | |
 | H. de Briou - 1856 - 128 pages
...negations no or not are translated by ne pas or ne point, but sometimes ne alone is used. 1. After the verbs cesser, to cease, oser, to dare, pouvoir, to be able, savoir, to know, prendre garde que, to take care, and after the verbs which follow the conjunction que governed by plus,... | |
 | Theodore Robertson - 1856 - 654 pages
...obtenir. II ne pouvait pas obtenir. 80. In negative sentences, the word pas may be suppressed after the verbs cesser, to cease ; oser, to dare ; pouvoir, to be able ; and tavoir, to know, especially when these verbs govern an infinitive. II ne pouvait obtenir de son... | |
 | O. C. Angoville - 1858 - 724 pages
...he is better. WHEN PAS AND POINT MAY BE OMITTED. Pas and point may be suppressed : — 1.- — After the verbs cesser, to cease; oser, to dare; pouvoir, to be able; and savoir, to know: — Elle ne cesse de bavarder, She incessantly prattles. // n'ose vous ecrire,... | |
 | George HUGHES (M.A., Edinb.) - 1869 - 304 pages
...seemed not at all to look upon himself as a Franc WHEN THE SECOND NEGATIVE may BE OMITTED 1. After cesser to cease, oser to dare, pouvoir to be able, savoir to know how, vouloir to wish, — when they are followed by an Infinitive, — the negative pas may be omitted... | |
 | Jean Gustave Keetels - 1874 - 542 pages
...du tout. He has none at all. Bien du tout. Nothing at all. 157. Omission of Pas with certain Verbs. The negative pas is generally omitted in the negative...oser, to dare; pouvoir, to be able; savoir, to know ; principally before an infinitive. Pas is also omitted in familiar style, with the verb bouger, to... | |
 | Franz Ahn - 1874 - 354 pages
...not give ils n'ont pas donné, they have not g. 213. The negatives pas and point maybe omitted after the verbs cesser, to cease, oser, to dare, pouvoir, to be able, and in the negative conditional of savoir, je ne saurais, when meaning, I cannot; thus, il ne cesse... | |
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The negative pas is generally omitted in the negative conjugation of the verbs cesser, to cease ; oser, to dare; pouvoir, to be able ; savoir, to know. Elle ne cesse de pleurer. She does not cease weeping. Je n'ose parler de cela. I dare not speak of... 
