French · Chapter 5 · Lesson 11 · Grammar primer
Negation
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The short version
Negate the verb and the article collapses
After a negative verb every indefinite and partitive article becomes plain de, or d' before a vowel. J'ai un chien turns into je n'ai pas de chien; je mange du pain into je ne mange pas de pain. The definite article does not budge, because it still points at a specific thing.
Je n'ai pas d'argent.
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