Showing posts with label Negations in French. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Negations in French. Show all posts

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Spin the dial: Oui ou Non? Essential Negations in French

My crib sheet for answering questions:

Oui = Agreement to a question 

Si = Yes to a negative. "Is the sky not blue? Si, it is blue."


Moi aussi = Me too


Moi non plus = Me neither


Pas = "not" for a partial negative answer "Is the sky blue everyday?" Not everyday.

I find the use of "si" the most difficult to learn but it would be very handy in English. Sometimes we don't know if someone answered in the affirmative to our question. This can lead to all kinds of situational comedies. "Don't you want to have dinner, sweetie?" "Si, I want to have dinner." Yup, works for me.