从来 + 不 / 没 (never) · 从来 + 不 / 没 (jamais)
Deny a past experience
- You have never visited the place being discussed.
- 我从来没去过。 — The sentence denies a visit within the relevant past.
Deny a past experience
- You have never visited the place being discussed.
- I / me我always从来not / haven't没去过。 — The sentence denies a visit within the relevant past.
You have never visited the place being discussed. What does 我从来没去过。 communicate?
The sentence denies a visit within the relevant past. 从来不去 instead describes a habitual policy or behaviour. Affirmative 从来如此 is also possible, so negatives are common rather than compulsory everywhere.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 从来 + 不 / 没 (never). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
I我never从来haven't没been去过。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is always从来 + not不 / not / haven't没 (never). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
I我never从来haven't没been去过。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: I've never been there: 我 ____ 没去过。
从来 + 没…过 = have never: 我从来没去过. · 从来 + 没…过 = ne jamais : 我从来没去过.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 我从来没去过。: The sentence denies a visit within the relevant past.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, I / me我always从来not / haven't没去过。: The sentence denies a visit within the relevant past.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Which denies a past EXPERIENCE? · Lequel nie une EXPÉRIENCE passée ?
没…过 = no experience; 不 = a habitual “never”. · 没…过 = aucune expérience ; 不 = un « jamais » habituel.
Know the boundary
- 从来不去 instead describes a habitual policy or behaviour.
- Affirmative 从来如此 is also possible, so negatives are common rather than compulsory everywhere.
Know the boundary
- never从来不to go去 instead describes a habitual policy or behaviour.
- Affirmative 从来如此 is also possible, so negatives are common rather than compulsory everywhere.
从来 can only appear with a following negative.
从来不 and 从来没 are common, but affirmative 从来如此 is possible too.
从来 must always be followed by 不 or 没.
从来不去 instead describes a habitual policy or behaviour. Affirmative 从来如此 is also possible, so negatives are common rather than compulsory everywhere. The sentence denies a visit within the relevant past.
Use the distinction
- The sentence denies a visit within the relevant past.
- 从来不去 instead describes a habitual policy or behaviour. Affirmative 从来如此 is also possible, so negatives are common rather than compulsory everywhere.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Verb phrases.
Use the distinction
- The sentence denies a visit within the relevant past.
- never从来不to go去 instead describes a habitual policy or behaviour. Affirmative 从来如此 is also possible, so negatives are common rather than compulsory everywhere.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Verb phrases.