Ne ... jamais = Never (French Negations)

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE

Last updated: 2023-01-18

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In French, to express something never happens, you use ne ... jamais.

Negative sentences with "ne ... jamais" in French

Look at these two sentences:

Je ne vais jamais à la gym.I never go to the gym.

Je n'écoute jamais le prof.I never listen to the teacher.

Notice that to say never, you use ne.. jamais around the conjugated verb.

Note: ne becomes n' when in front of a vowel or mute h.

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Nous ne sommes jamais de mauvais poil.We are never in a bad mood.

Je ne vais jamais à la gym.I never go to the gym.

Je n'écoute jamais le prof.I never listen to the teacher.

Nous n'allons jamais faire ça.We're never going to do that.

Il ne conduit jamais sa voiture.He never drives his car

Je ne vais jamais à l'école à pied.I never walk to school