Word
Ce client n'a pas d'argent.
Meaning
This client doesn't have any money.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Ce client n'a pas d'argent.
avoir
to have
ne
not (used before the verb)
pas
not (used after the verb)
ce
this (before a noun)
Questions & Answers about Ce client n'a pas d'argent.
Why do we say pas d'argent instead of pas de l'argent?
Why are there two words with apostrophes in this sentence?
French drops the final e in certain short words when the next word starts with a vowel, replacing it with an apostrophe to make pronunciation smoother. Here, ne becomes n' before the vowel in a, and de becomes d' before the vowel in argent.
Does the word Ce mean this or that?