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cursive pond
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Literally? It means "step"

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But it's been long since generalized to mean a general negation

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jespersen's_Cycle

Jespersen's Cycle

Jespersen's Cycle is a series of processes in historical linguistics, which describe the historical development of the expression of negation in a variety of languages, from a simple pre-verbal marker of negation, through a discontinuous marker (elements both before and after the verb) and in some cases through subsequent loss of the original pr...

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This might help you understand

ocean rover
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hmm j'y ai jamais pensé mais c'est ouf que ne pas voulait dire aucun pas

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ça a du sens quand meme

polar comet
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It's sorta similar to some varieties of English that use "double negative."

e.g. I ain't gone nowhere today.

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There are situations where ne or pas can be used on its own with negative meaning (e.g. in the link albatros sent)

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And interestingly enough, where ne can be used on its own with nonnegative meaning

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(but this is somewhat more advanced and you will learn it on your French journey!—also, I don't even fully understand it yet lol)

pseudo comet
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I dont think ill ever grasp the ne explétif lol

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