Removing la in negative sentences

Lakshya S.B1KwizIQ community member

Removing la in negative sentences

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For this sentence:

Paul ne mange que de la purée.

Should we not remove the la for this sentence since it is a negative sentence? I thought the rule stays the same for all negative statements.

Merci

This question relates to:French lesson "Using restrictive ne … que to express only with simple tenses (French Negations)"

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CélineKwizIQ Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Bonjour Lakshya,

This only happens when using the negation "ne ... pas/jamais/plus/etc". Here, the example includes "ne ... que" which is not a true negation ; rather it indicates a restriction.

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I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

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