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No. 7,234 in French

nva

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  • Je n'avais jamais vu un tel paysage avant.

    I had never seen such a landscape before.

    The word 'n'avais' here is the contraction of 'ne' and the auxiliary verb 'avoir,' forming the negative past tense in French.

  • Est-ce que tu n'aurais pas oublié les clés?

    Did you not forget the keys?

    In this example, 'n'aurais' is the contraction of 'ne' and 'aurais,' which forms a negative conditional tense indicating hypothetical or polite questioning.

  • Il n'avait pas encore fini le travail quand je suis arrivé.

    He had not yet finished the work when I arrived.

    Here, 'n'avait' combines 'ne' with 'avait,' marking the negative past perfect tense used for expressing actions not completed at a certain past time point.

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