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In French, you use ne ... pas non plus to express "not ... either".
Negative sentences with "ne ... pas non plus" in French
Look at these sentences:
When you want to express that someone is not doing something either, you need to use the negative expression ne ... pas non plus.
Note that while ne is always before the verb, pas and non plus can be separated in the sentence, and non plus placed before OR after the object of the verb:
In the case of adverbs, pas and non plus are always separated.
See also the simpler lesson Non plus = Neither/nor (French Negations)
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Examples and resources
- Thomas ne se lève pas tôt non plus.Laura doesn't get up early.
- Thomas doesn't get up early either.
- I don't play often either.
