| 19.1.3.6 Negation stays unchanged |
The negation is not concerned by the inversion. The structure stays at it was described in the french survival guide. The negation construction ne ... pas / plus / jamais clings around the first conjugated verb.
| Examples | ||
| Il n' a rien dit. => | N' a-t-il rien dit? |  |
| He did not say anything. => | Did he not say anything? | |
| Il ne peut pas parler. => | Ne peut-il pas parler? | |
| He cannot speak. => | Can't he speak? (Can he not speak.) | |
| Il n' a pas pu parler. => | N' a-t-il pas pu parler ? | |
| He was not able to speak. => | Was he not able to speak? |
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