French A1.14 Listening Practice: Say What You Do Not Like
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A short French listening chapter with transcript.
Unit 3: make a preference negative while keeping the same sentence engine.
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1. Hélène · Teacher
Welcome! Today, we are learning how to say what you do not like in French by wrapping the verb 'aimer' with 'ne' and 'pas'. Let me play a short conversation for you.
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2. Alain · Native Speaker 1
J'aime le café.
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3. Mathieu · Native Speaker 2
Je n'aime pas le café.
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4. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Tu aimes le sport ?
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5. Mathieu · Native Speaker 2
Je n'aime pas le sport.
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6. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Ah, d'accord !
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7. Hélène · Teacher
Let's look at the second sentence: 'Je n'aime pas le café', which means 'I do not like coffee'. To make a verb negative in French, you put 'ne' before it and 'pas' after it.
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8. Étienne · Student
Why does 'ne' turn into 'n apostrophe' in 'je n'aime pas'?
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9. Hélène · Teacher
Because 'aime' starts with a vowel, so 'ne' drops its 'e' and becomes 'n apostrophe'.
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10. Hélène · Teacher
Now look at our main challenge phrase: 'Je n'aime pas le sport', meaning 'I do not like sports'.
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11. Étienne · Student
So I can just add any noun after 'je n'aime pas' to say I don't like it?
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12. Hélène · Teacher
Exactly! Just say 'je n'aime pas' followed by the noun, like 'le sport' or 'le café'.
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