I’m having real difficulty pronouncing this sentence and I’m wondering whether in conversation the « ne » is dropped to ease pronunciation.
Nous ne nous sommes pas couchés hier soir
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Karl W.Kwiziq community member
Nous ne nous sommes pas couchés hier soir
This question relates to:French lesson "Ne ... pas = Not - with reflexive verbs in compound tenses (French Negations)"
Asked 5 years ago

Hi Karl,
Yes, you can drop the ‘ne’ in conversation and you will rarely hear it pronounced in every day informal speech in France.
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