Salut!
Let's continue our special series dedicated to informal spoken French. In this episode, you're going to learn everything you need to know about informal negations. You already know that in order to form and negative sentence, you need to use NE + (verb) + PAS, but did you know that we often remove the NE altogether? Do we do that all the time? Does it work on every sentence? When can French learners do that as well? Find out everything you need to upgrade your spoken French skills.
In this episode, you'll learn:
the realistic pronunciation of NE in everyday speech
how and when to remove NE
what you should know about informal negations before you apply them yourself
how to train your ear and pronunciation using today's freebie
Today's takeaway:
1. NE really is pronounced N' (when it is pronounced, that is.).
2. NE is often omitted in everyday speech. Those sentences will often be coupled with other informal elisions.
3. The most important thing is to develop your listening skills and understand how negation is formed and pronounced. Once you have studied and understood this, you can also use informal negations. As long as you understand the difference between a genuine grammar mistake and a deliberate omission, you're good to go.
4. Download today's freebie to put everything into practice: train your ear with listening exercises, transform sentences into informal sentences and vice versa, and practice pronunciation.
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