NE modal ou explétif

The French expletive NE

You probably know about NE. NE is the necessary half part of any negative sentence.

• Je ne vais pas à Nice demain.
  • I’m not going to Nice tomorrow.

Well, not always.

When NE isn’t just a negative NE

• Je crains qu’ils ne fassent une crise.
  • I’m fearing they have a nervous breakdown.
• Je doute qu’ils ne viennent ce soir.
  • I don’t think they’ll come tonight.
• Je nie qu’il ne soit parti avant toi.
  • I deny he left before you.
• Nous nettoyons avant que vous ne passiez demain.
  • We’re cleaning before your coming tomorrow.
• Nous viendrons vous voir demain à moins que vous ne soyez déjà partis.
  • We’ll come and visit tomorrow unless you’re already gone.
• Nous ne viendrons pas à Paris sans que vous ne nous y ayez invités.
  • We won’t come to Paris unless you invited us there.
• Elle aime le chocolat plus qu’elle ne le pense.
  • She likes chocolate more than she thinks.
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