Learn how to say "not" and "don't have"
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| Introduction |
| Becky: Going without. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make essential negative statements in French. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the way to say 'I don't have a pen.' in French. |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Je n'ai pas de stylo. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'not' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] n'...pas [Slow] n'...pas |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'have' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] ai [Slow] ai |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'some' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] de [Slow] de |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'pen' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] stylo [Slow] stylo |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have a pen.' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Je n'ai pas de stylo. [Normal] Je n'ai pas de stylo. |
| Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at how to say 'I don't have time.' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Je n'ai pas de temps. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'not' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] n'...pas [Slow] n'...pas |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'have' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] ai [Slow] ai |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'some' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] de [Slow] de |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'time' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] temps [Slow] |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have time.' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Je n'ai pas de temps. [Normal] Je n'ai pas de temps. |
| Becky: Following is the way to say 'I don't know.' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Je ne sais pas. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'not' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] ne...pas [Slow] ne...pas |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'know' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] sais [Slow] sais |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't know.' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Je ne sais pas. [Normal] Je ne sais pas. |
| Becky: Finally is a way to say 'I don't understand.' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Je ne comprends pas. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'not' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] ne...pas [Slow] ne...pas |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'understand' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] comprends [Slow] comprends |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't understand.' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Je ne comprends pas. [Normal] Je ne comprends pas. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Yasmine: In every case, you can add an initial non to emphasize that you don't. For example, Non, je ne comprends pas. |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
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