Learn French: Cette portion suffit, tu ne m'en verses pas plus. - This portion is enough, you are not pouring me any more of it.

Cette portion suffit, tu ne m'en verses pas plus.

This portion is enough, you are not pouring me any more of it.

Breakdown of Cette portion suffit, tu ne m'en verses pas plus.

you (informal singular)

not (used before the verb)

pas

not (used after the verb)

this (before a noun)

Questions & Answers about Cette portion suffit, tu ne m'en verses pas plus.

Why is the order m'en and what exactly do they replace?

m' is the indirect object pronoun ("to me") and en is the adverbial pronoun replacing the quantity ("some of it"). When combining a pronoun like me, te, se, nous, or vous with en, the object pronoun always comes first. Together, m'en verses means "pour me some of it."

Where do the negation words ne and pas go when there are two pronouns?

They "hug" the entire pronoun-verb group. The ne goes right before the first pronoun, and the pas goes right after the conjugated verb. So the structure becomes tu ne [m'en verses] pas.

Why use pas plus instead of just ne ... plus for "any more"?

This is a subtle but important difference! Tu ne m'en verses plus would mean "you are no longer pouring me any" (referring to time, meaning you have stopped). However, tu ne m'en verses pas plus means "you are not pouring me a larger amount of it" (referring strictly to quantity—literally "not more").

What is the infinitive of the verb suffit?