bella892

[celest kayak]

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[stray hull]

I'm just a bit confused as to where your question lies exactly

> vous attendez quelqu'un ?
> je n'attends personne

what exactly are you confused about in this exchange?

[thin vale]

I’m confused with questions that use quelqu’un or quelque and how to conjugate those sentences into negative sentences. The vous attendez… was my example

[rare birch]

So you want to turn the question themselves negative? Or give negative answers to the questions?

[stray hull]

neither the negation nor the object (quelqu'un/personne) changes the way the verb is conjugated

the first sentence is using "attendez" because the subject is "vous" (the person you're talking to)
the second sentence is using "attends" because the subject is "je" (the person talking)

[thin vale]

I guess kindq both so like tu vas à la plage? into a negative sentence like te ne vas pas à la plage. Like the responding question

[stray hull]

yes, as you can see the negation doesnt change how the verb gets conjugated
tu vas à la plage
tu ne vas pas à la plage
the only difference is that you're adding negative adverbs (ne + pas)

[thin vale]

Yes I know that but what I want to know is how to use negative adverbs in sentences like vous voulez boire quelque chose? Or vous attendez quelqu’un?

[stray hull]

you add ne before the verb and pas after the verb to make the sentence negative