Word
Je ne goûte jamais la soupe, je déteste les champignons.
Meaning
I never taste the soup, I hate mushrooms.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Je ne goûte jamais la soupe, je déteste les champignons.
je
I
ne
not (used before the verb)
la soupe
the soup
détester
to hate
Questions & Answers about Je ne goûte jamais la soupe, je déteste les champignons.
How does ne... jamais work in this sentence?
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!