J'ai trois soeurs. Does this change to Je n'ai pas trois soeurs or je n'ai pas de soeurs. If the latter, then do all numbers change to de??
Negation with numbers
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Depending on what you want to say, you pick one or the other:
Je n'ai pas trois sœurs. -- I don't have three sisters. (But maybe four!)
Je n'ai pas de sœurs. -- I don't have sisters. (Not even a one.)

CécileKwiziq team member
Hi Esther,
You could also say -
Je n'ai pas de frères et sœurs = I don't have any brothers or sisters
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Negation with numbers
J'ai trois soeurs. Does this change to Je n'ai pas trois soeurs or je n'ai pas de soeurs. If the latter, then do all numbers change to de??
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