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Je ne goûte jamais la soupe, je déteste les champignons.

Je ne goûte jamais la soupe, je déteste les champignons.
I never taste the soup, I hate mushrooms.
From Lesson 62:Never (ne... jamais)·French

Questions & Answers about Je ne goûte jamais la soupe, je déteste les champignons.

How does ne... jamais work in this sentence?
The phrase ne... jamais means never. It wraps around the conjugated verb exactly like ne... pas does. Instead of je ne goûte pas for I do not taste, you use je ne goûte jamais for I never taste. You drop the pas completely!
Why is it les champignons if the English translation just says mushrooms?
In French, when you talk about liking, loving, or hating things in general, you must use a definite article like le, la, or les. Because you hate mushrooms in general, you must say les champignons, unlike in English where we drop the word the.
Why does the verb goûte have a hat over the u?
That symbol is called a circumflex accent. In many French words, it shows that the letter s used to be there in the past. If you imagine an s after the u, the word looks a bit like the English word disgust, which is also related to taste!
How do I pronounce the gn in champignons?
The letters gn in French make a soft ny sound. It sounds very similar to the ni in the English word onion.

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