pas gaire

Not Much

Level 4

Put pas gaire after the verb to say not much, and de before a noun to say not many.

How It Works

OccitanEnglish
Parlas pas gaire.You do not talk much.
N'i a pas gaire.There are not many.
I a pas gaire de monde.There are not many people.
Aquò m'agrada pas gaire.I do not like that much.

Gaire belongs to the negative: use it with pas. Writers sometimes leave pas out, and gaire still means hardly: Joan parlava gaire. Its partner for the positive is fòrça: Parlas fòrça (You talk a lot).

Gaire does not change for gender or number. With a noun, de comes between: pas gaire de monde, pas gaire de temps.

The pattern i a pas gaire also gives a time: i a pas gaire means not long ago.

Examples (5)

  1. Parlas pas gaire.

    You do not talk much.

    Pas gaire follows the verb.

  2. N'i a pas gaire.

    There are not many.

    N'i a is ne plus i a, with pas gaire after it.

  3. Joan manja pas gaire.

    Joan does not eat much.

    Gaire never changes.

  4. I a pas gaire de monde aicí.

    There are not many people here.

    De comes before the noun monde.

  5. Aquò m'agrada pas gaire.

    I do not like that much.

    Pas gaire softens the verb.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the Catalan word molt.

    Parlas pas molt.
    Parlas pas gaire.

    Occitan has no molt. Use gaire in a negative sentence, and fòrça or plan otherwise.

How It Connects

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pas gaireLevel 4Not Much

Learn This First

Pas gaire joins pas with gaire, so the quantity adverbs and negation with pas come first.

Words in This Pattern

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