Using “plus” in this case indicates that at some other time you were also missing other things. For example: “Il ne manquait que X et Y et maintenant il ne manque plus que X.”
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How to say “we didn’t have fun there” in French ?
Business EditorsNous ne sommes pas bien amusés là-bas. Nous ne nous y sommes pas amusés. En terme de concordance des temps, il est important que tu aies le même dans tes deux phrases (passé composé donc). L’usage du futur tel que ...
Translation of “il ne faut pas moins que…”
Associations Editors“Il ne faut pas moins que” means precisely that, and would be said “Il faut au moins” in current French, which translates in English to “It requires at least“. As it is related to metaphysic, let me answer with some ...
Why didn’t the author add “pas” after “parvenir”
Associations EditorsThat’s not a split negative here like "ne … pas", "ne … rien" or "ne … personne" but the restrictive expression ne … que so rien is optional here. Ne … que means "only". Nous ne parvenions à voir devant ...
Le contraire de « il faut que »
Associations EditorsL’interprétation la plus courante est à mon avis la 2. Pour dire 1, il faudrait plutôt utiliser “devoir”: Tu ne devrais pas manger L’interprétation la plus commune pour Il ne faut pas que tu manges est : Tu ne dois ...
Combining more than two negation elements
Business EditorsI don’t think there is a rule. It’s all about confusion. If you have multiple negations, you may be misunderstood. So it’s at your own risk. Then, it seems that “pas” should be avoided to make it smoother: For (a), ...
Negation of a verb in the “passé Composé” and used with a “COI”
Associations EditorsNumber 5 is nearly correct; you need leur here, as it means them (referring to the parents) as an indirect object pronoun. An indirect object pronoun is used when the verb doesn’t take a direct object (in other words, someone ...
Excepting “savoir”, how does “quoi” function as a general second negator?
Business EditorsQuoi is only used as "pseudo second negator" with the verb savoir. I write "pseudo" because there is actually kind of an implicit pas in this construction, unlike the negations with guère, jamais, nullement, etc where there can’t be a ...
What is the meaning of “n’avoir plus qu’à”?
Associations EditorsN’avoir plus qu’à (prier) means The only thing left to do is (praying) / Have nothing left to do but to (pray). Edit: your sentence would become something like : The only thing left for us to do is praying ...
Négation dans une tournure interrogative
Associations EditorsJe confirme la nuance dans le sens : avec une tournure négative, on commence par affirmer que c’est bien le cas, et ensuite, on émet un doute concernant cette affirmation. Autrement dit, le doute exprime une faible probabilité : soit une faible ...