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How to say “Is he not here?” in French?

Charles n’est pas ici?

This is correct, but we would say “là” instead of “ici”, which is smoother.
Note there is a “liaison” on the “s” of “pas” before “ici”.

N’est pas elle là

Indeed, this is not correct, you should say:

N’est-elle pas là ?

Note there is a “liaison” on the “t” of “est”.

In English to my ear these three sentences have slightly different connotations:

  1. “Is Charles here?” – simple question of fact
  2. “Isn’t Charles here?” – surprise
  3. “Is Charles not here?” – puzzlement or even suspicion, asking for verification that he really isn’t here.

I would therefore translate them as follows:

  1. “Is Charles here?” – Charles est-il ici?
  2. “Isn’t Charles here?” – Charles n’est-il pas ici?
  3. “Is Charles not here?” – Charles n’est-il vraiment pas ici? (literally “Charles is he really not here?”)

 

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