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Je ne connais personne en dehors de mon petit cercle d'amis.

Tanushree S.A0Kwiziq community member

Je ne connais personne en dehors de mon petit cercle d'amis.

Bonjour!

Can we reframe this sentence as "Je ne connais pas personne en dehors de mon petit cercle d'amis."?

Merci

This question relates to:French lesson "À côté de, en face de, à l'extérieur de, à l'intérieur de, près de, loin de, au coin de (French Prepositions)"
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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Tanushree, 

no, you cannot use the combination of ‘ ne … pas personne ‘.  It’s similar to saying ‘ I don’t know no one/nobody … ‘ in English. 

See link below to lesson on acceptable and forbidden double negations in French.

 https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/you-can-use-double-andor-multiple-negatives-in-french-negative-expressions

 

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Tanushree S.A0Kwiziq community member

Merci beaucoup, Maarten! This is very clarifying.

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Tanushree S. asked:

Je ne connais personne en dehors de mon petit cercle d'amis.

Bonjour!

Can we reframe this sentence as "Je ne connais pas personne en dehors de mon petit cercle d'amis."?

Merci

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