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French
Pronunciation
Adverb
non plus
- (not...) either
- Antonym: aussi
Je n’aime pas l’hiver non plus.- I don't like winter either.
Si j’avais pris ses conseils, je ne me serais pas perdu mais je n’aurais pas non plus exploré cette partie de la ville.- If I had taken his advice, I wouldn't have gotten lost but I wouldn't have explored this part of the city either.
2008, Guy-Félix Duportail, Les institutions du monde de la vie, page 32:Le manque à être du désir — le Rien — caractéristique de l’évidemment du trou du symbolique, doit y être articulé, faute de quoi il n’y aurait pas non plus de nœud et de dynamisme de la pulsion.- The lack of being of desire — the Nothing — characteristic of the evidence of the hole of the symbolic, must be articulated there, otherwise there would not be any node and dynamism of drive either.
- neither
- Antonym: aussi
Je n’aime pas l’hiver. — Moi non plus.- I don't like winter. — Me neither.
Usage notes
- Used in negative statements, non plus corresponds to aussi, used in positive statements. Compare:
J’aime bien ça. — Moi aussi.- I quite like that. — Me too.
Je n’aime pas ça. — Moi non plus.- I don't like that. — Me neither.
- Sometimes accompanied by the particle ni to emphasize on the statement:
Il ne peux vraiment pas supporter la campagne. — Ni moi non plus d’ailleurs.- He can't stand the country. — To be fair, me neither.