pas
A1#11Hear it
noun
- step, pace, footstep
- strait, pass
- thread, pitchof a screw or nut
adverb
- The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.
- used as an intensifier in underlying rhetorical questions, mostly with voilà
Used in the library
- Il ne dit pas merci.He does not say thank you.A1Le chat du voisin — The neighbour's cat
- Bien cuite ou pas trop cuite ?Well baked or not too baked?A1À la boulangerie — At the bakery
- Pas aujourd'hui. Aujourd'hui je balaie.Not today. Today I'm sweeping.A1Le grand ménage — The big clean
- Les noires. Pas les vieilles.The black ones. Not the old ones.A1Qu'est-ce que je mets? — What shall I wear?
Other ways to say it
Refusing and disagreeing
- pas du toutnot at allA firm no to a question of degree.
- absolument pasabsolutely notEmphatic refusal.
Saying you have not understood
- je ne comprends pasI don't understandThe plain admission. In speech the ne usually disappears.
- je comprends pasI don't get itThe same thing as people really say it.
- je ne vous suis pasI'm not following youFor an argument you have lost the thread of, not a word you missed.