When a verb is used negatively, ne (or n' before a vowel or h mute is placed before it, and is immediately succeeded by either of the following words, complementary to the negation:-pas or point, rien, jamais, personne, plus; which, with ne, answer, in English, to the B S words not, nothing, never, nobody, no more, and no longer.-I must observe to you, that, if no is followed in English by a substantive, it is rendered in French by pas or point, immediately followed by the word de. EXAMPLE. I have no stockings, je n'ai pas ou point de bas. We have not, nous n'avons pas. They have not, ils ou elles n'ont pas. We, people, they, &c. have not, on n'a pas. PRESENT ANTERIOR, OR IMPERFECT SINGULAR. I had not, je n'avais pas. Thou hadst not, tu n'avais pas. He or she had not, il ou elle n'avait pas. PLURAL. We had not, nous n'avions pas. You had not, vous n'aviez pas. They had not, ils ou elles n'avaient pas. |