Arabic Department Dr. Oumar D.

Diouf

LA FORME NEGATIVE :

Pour mettre une phrase à la forme négative, il faut d’abord voir si elle comporte un
auxiliaire ou non.

1- S’il y’a un auxiliaire, on ajoute juste NOT après l’auxiliaire.

2- S’il N’y a pas d’auxiliaire, alors le verbe conjugué est un verbe ordinaire. On aura besoin
de l’auxiliaire DO qui donnera
ü Soit DON’T ou DOESN’T au présent
ü Soit DINDN’T au simple past.

ATTENTION : il ne faut pas confondre verbe ordinaire et verbe régulier. Par verbe ordinaire
on entend un verbe qui n’est ni auxiliaire (Be ou Have) ni auxiliaire modal (can, could, shall,
should, must, will, would…).

PREMIER CAS: la Phrase comporte un auxiliaire (be ou have) ou un auxiliaire modal (can,
could, shall, should, will, would, must…)à on ajoute NOT après l’auxiliaire ou l’auxiliaire
modal.

Exemples:
1- Mr. Diagne has left for Fatick. àMr. Diagne Diagne has NOT left for Fatick.
2- Mariama is smart and kind. à Mariama is NOT smart and kind.
3- Modou can lift a 100kg bag of rice. à Modou canNOT lift a 100kg bag of rice.
4- They will arrive tomorrow. à They will NOT arrive tomorrow
5- We shall work together. à We shall NOT work together.
6- You must leave early. à You must NOT leave early.

DEUXIEME CAS: Le Verbe Conjugué de la phrase est un verbe ordinaire. En anglais, le verbe
ordinaire est « faible », on aura besoin de l’auxiliaire DO pour mettre une phrase comportant un
verbe ordinaire aux formes négative, interrogative, et interro-négative.

Pour la forme négative on prendra DON’T ou DOESN’T pour le présent et DIDN’T pour le
simple past

1- She speakS wolof and English. à She DOESN’T speak wolof and English
2- The Mouride believe in Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba. à The Mouride DON’T believe in Satan.
3- Malick believeS in God. à Malick DOESN’T believeS in Satan.
4- His friend Moussa went to Niakhar. à His friend Moussa DIDN’T go to Niakhar.
5- We talked to the boss yesterday à we DIDN’T talk to the Boss Yesterday.
6- She took the money. She DIDN’T take the money.
7- He loves mafe. He DOESN’T love mafe.

Attention: Dés qu’on emploie l’auxiliaire Do, il prend toutes les marques du verbe conjugué
de la phrase à la forme affirmative.
Exemple:

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SpeakS à doeSn’t speak. ß(Remarquez que SpeakS perd le S car DoeSn’t a pris la marque S de
la troisième personne du Singulier.)
Went à didn’t go ß(Remarquez que Went devient go, l’infinitif sans TO)
Talkedà didn’t talk ß (Remarquez que Talked devient talk, l’infinitif sans TO)

LA FORME INTERROGATIVE :

Pour poser une question en anglais on a besoin d’un auxiliaire, sauf dans le cas ou la
question porte sur le sujet (eg. Fatou lives in the forest. Who lives in the forest?)

La structure est Sujet Reste de la phrase

Auxiliaire
+ +
Exemples:

1- Mr. Diagne IS Mauritanian. àIS Mr. Diagne Mauritanian?

2- Mr. Diagne has been to Nouakchott. à HAS Mr. Diagne been to Nouakchott?
3- High Level will perform tomorrow. à WILL High Level perfom tomorrow?
4- Fatou can swim. àCAN Fartou swim?

Pour les verbes ordinaires, on aura besoin de l’auxiliaire DO (DO ou DOES au présent et DID
au passé)
5- Abdou loves football. à DOES Abdou love football?
6- Aicha looked very sad. DID Aicha look very sad?
7- The boys play well. àDO the boys play well?
8- They played well. à DID they play well?
9- The women went to the market early. à DID the women go to the market early?
10- The students met with the headmaster. àDID the students meet with the headmaster?
11- Daba ate the whole meal. à DID Daba eat the whole meal?

Exercise 1: Put the following sentences into the required form:

1- Modou Lo can beat Bombardier.
Negative_____________________________________________________________
Interrogative ______________________________________________________________ ?
2- Fatoumata speaks Malinke.
Negative_____________________________________________________________
Interrogative ______________________________________________________________ ?
3- Fatoumata came from Casamance.
Negative_____________________________________________________________
Interrogative ______________________________________________________________ ?

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Interro-negative ____________________________________________________________?
4- She likes corn flakes:
Negative_____________________________________________________________
Interrogative ______________________________________________________________ ?
5- Our Imam has seen the new moon.
Negative_____________________________________________________________
Interrogative ______________________________________________________________ ?
6- The Game has not been played yet.
Negative _______________________________________________________
Interrogative______________________________________________________?
7- Mothers will pray for their children before they join the military.
Negative________________________________________________________
Interrogative______________________________________________________?
8- Children must obey their parents.
Negative________________________________________________________
Interrogative______________________________________________________?
9- I have always supported Balla Gaye.
Negative________________________________________________________
Interrogative______________________________________________________?
Exercise 2: Find the missing forms of the following sentences:
1-

Affirmative: We finished the work___________________________________

Negative : We did not finish the work.
Interrogative: Did we finish the work_________________________________?

2-
Affirmative __________________________________________________________________
Negative : They left early.
Interrogative________________________________________________________________?
3-
Affirmative __________________________________________________________________
Negative : The lions did not win the African cup.
Interrogative________________________________________________________________?
4-
Affirmative __________________________________________________________________
Negative : The lunch has not been touched.
Interrogative________________________________________________________________?

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