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Old 03-27-2006, 07:03 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Can anybody Confirm svp if I am saying the following sentence correctly :

je n,aime ni football ni soccer

je n,ai ni frère ni soeur je suis personne unique

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Je n'aime ni le football, ni le soccer (football aux USA)

Je n'ai ni frère, ni soeur, je suis fils/fille unique

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Although "je n'aime ni football ni soccer" is grammatically correct one would rather say "Je n'aime ni le football, ni le soccer"
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Salut Guys :

Note :

Hi: Here is again a Note + Example:

Note: after ni...ni, no indefinite or partitive article is used :

Il mange des fruits et des légumes
il ne mange ni fruits ni légumes
je n,ai ni frère ni soeur
Elle boit du vin et de la bière
Elle ne boit ni vin ni bière

According to the above Note :

Then Which one are Correct:

(je n,aime ni football ni Tennis) ou ( je n,aime ni le football ni le Tennis )

ou ( je n,aime pas ni football ni Tennis ) ou ( je n,aime pas ni le football ni le Tennis ) ou ( je n,aime pas du Football ni le Tennis )

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( je n,aime pas ni football ni Tennis ) ou ( je n,aime pas ni le football ni le Tennis ) ou ( je n,aime pas du Football ni le Tennis )
all these are definitely wrong

il ne mange ni fruits ni légumes / je n'aime ni les fruits ni les légumes
are actually both correct but do not exaclty mean the same thing. First one is "I don't like fruit in general (ie every fruit) while the second says I don't like the fruits that are available right now (at the restaurant for exemple)

So when talking of football and tennis everyone understand that when people say (je n'aime ni football ni Tennis) or ( je n'aime ni le football ni le Tennis ) they are talking of football and tennis in general terms.
So once again je n'aime ni football ni Tennis is grammatically correct
but people often say (at least in france) je n'aime ni le football ni le Tennis
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Salut:
So what about outside france
People will " use either :
je n,aime ni Football ni Tennis

or :

je n,aime ni le Football ni le Tennis
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I should say " je n'aime ni le Football ni le Tennis"
the other one doesn't sound right (to me anyway..)
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