Je ne trouve plus la procédure compliquée.

I no longer find the procedure complicated.

Breakdown of Je ne trouve plus la procédure compliquée.

• je: I
• trouver: to find
• ne ... plus: no longer
• compliqué: complicated

Questions & Answers about Je ne trouve plus la procédure compliquée.

What does ne ... plus mean in this sentence?

Here ne ... plus means no longer or not anymore.

So:

• Je trouve la procédure compliquée = I find the procedure complicated.
• Je ne trouve plus la procédure compliquée = I no longer find the procedure complicated.

The idea is that this used to be true before, but it is not true now.

Why are there two parts, ne and plus, around the verb?

In standard French, many negative expressions have two parts:

• ne ... pas = not
• ne ... plus = no longer / not anymore
• ne ... jamais = never

So in Je ne trouve plus..., the verb trouve is surrounded by the negative expression:

• Je = subject
• ne = first negative part
• trouve = verb
• plus = second negative part

In everyday spoken French, people often drop ne, so you may hear:

• Je trouve plus la procédure compliquée.

But in careful writing, ne is normally kept.

Does trouver really mean find here?