Sentence examples of "ne" in French

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Cela ne se dit pas. That's not a proper thing to say.
Je ne suis pas né d'hier. I wasn't born yesterday.
Ne casse pas la branche. Don't break off the branch.
Rien ne saurait étonner un Américain. On a souvent répété que le mot "impossible" n’était pas français; on s’est évidemment trompé de dictionnaire. En Amérique, tout est facile, tout est simple, et quant aux difficultés mécaniques, elles sont mortes avant d’être nées. Nothing can take an American by surprise. It has often been said that the word "impossible" was not a French one. People have obviously looked in the wrong dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple and mechanical difficulties are overcome before they arise.
Ne l'appelez pas maître. Do not call him master.
J'aimerais que tu ne sois jamais né. I wish you'd never been born.
Ne brise pas un miroir. Don't break a mirror.
Tu ne dois pas fainéanter. You must not idle away.
J'aimerais que vous ne soyez jamais né. I wish you'd never been born.
Le plastique ne casse pas facilement. Plastic does not break easily.
Ils ne sont pas fatigués. They are not tired.
On ne naît pas femme : on le devient. One is not born a woman, one becomes one.
Personne ne peut battre son record. Nobody can break his record.
Il ne doit pas vivre. He must not live.
J'aimerais que vous ne soyez jamais nées. I wish you'd never been born.
Il ne rompt jamais ses promesses. He never breaks his promises.
Pourquoi ne répondez-vous pas ? Why do you not answer?
J'aimerais que tu ne sois jamais née. I wish you'd never been born.
Son record ne sera jamais battu. His record will never be broken.
Bon sang ne saurait mentir Good blood would not know how to lie
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