What is the meaning of aucun in English?

What is the meaning of aucun in English?

pronoun. none [pronoun] not one; not any.

How do you use aucun ne?

aucun/e ne is always followed by singular in French (even though in modern English, none of them are is sometimes considered acceptable) aucun/aucune agree in gender with the object it refers to. You have to use the negation ne/n’ unlike in English.

How do you use aucun in a sentence?

Aucun as the direct object: Je ne vends aucun des livres. > I’m not selling any of the books. Rien as the indirect object: Il ne pense à rien. He’s not thinking about anything.

What is the function of Aucun in this sentence?

The pronoun aucun has two functions in this sentence: 1) together with ne it forms part of the negation, 2) it is the subject pronoun of the sentence. Personne, rien, and aucun can have these double roles, whereas pas and jamais cannot. When a negating particle also functions as a pronoun in a sentence, the word order changes.

How do you use Venu aucun in French?

“Il n’en est venu aucun”. According to lessons, the sentence is negated by placing the two parts of the negation on each side of the auxiliary verb (avoir or être) in a compound sentence like the passé.. However, as you can see in this sentence, one part of negation, “aucun” is located at the end of sentence.

Is aucun/e singular or plural?

Aucun/e is almost always in singular. There aren’t that many words which exist only in plural, so this really is a rare exception. So don’t waste any time nor worry on this. — Chris (not a native speaker).

How to negate a sentence in French?

I found very interesting sentence causing me a headache…. “Il n’en est venu aucun”. According to lessons, the sentence is negated by placing the two parts of the negation on each side of the auxiliary verb (avoir or être) in a compound sentence like the passé..