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> je ne marche _pas_ (I not not walk _any step_) It merely means I do not walk. There's no particular connotation. It has absolutely nothing to do with pas as
by Bayart 7y ago
> je ne marche _pas_ (I not not walk _any step_)
It merely means I do not walk. There's no particular connotation. It has absolutely nothing to do with pas as in a step.
> - je ne me bat _guerre_ (I do not fight _any war_)
Je ne me bat guère means "I hardly fight". No relation to war.
> - je ne coud _point_ (I do not sew _any point_)
Je ne couds point means "I don't sew". Again, no particular connotation. Point means the same as pas in this case and has nothing to do whatsoever with stitches.
- frooxie 7y ago> It has absolutely nothing to do with pas as in a step. "Pas" as in the negation originally came from "pas" as in a step, through expressions like "I will not walk another step".
- makapuf 7y agoYou're mentioning the current, disconnected meaning, while the original author showed a possible origin of those expressions. I dont know if they're valid but they're certainly interesting and potentially right.