pas de

No Article After a Negative

Level 2

After pas, a noun with no article takes de or d'.

How It Works

Pas stays after the verb. The noun that follows it loses un, una or the partitive de and takes a plain de, or d' before a vowel.

PositiveNegative
Ai un gat.Ai pas de gat.
Ai de pan.Ai pas de pan.
I a una taula.I a pas de taula.
I a d'aiga.I a pas d'aiga.

The plural works the same way: Ai pas d'amics (I have no friends). When you mean one particular thing, the article stays: Vesi pas lo libre means I do not see the book. For nothing at all, use pas res or pas cap de, which have their own entries.

Examples (4)

  1. Avèm pas de pan.

    We have no bread.

    Pas de replaces de pan.

  2. I a pas d'aiga.

    There is no water.

    D' comes before the vowel in aiga.

  3. Ai pas de gat.

    I do not have a cat.

    Pas de replaces un in the negative.

  4. Vesi pas lo libre.

    I do not see the book.

    A particular thing keeps its article.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the French plural article.

    Ai pas des amics.
    Ai pas d'amics.

    Occitan has no des. After pas, a plural noun takes d' or de.

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No article after a negative builds on pas and on the partitive de, so both come first.

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