English translation of "encore jamais" - "so, you had never seen him before?"

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191 months ago

Brenda Galvan (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Arts / Entertainment
Level of diffculty:	Difficult / demanding
Word or term in question:	encore jamais
Context:	Ainsi, tu ne l’avais encore jamais vu?
Keywords:	Is it somehow like a double negation or something like that???

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190 months ago

wrote:

so, you had never seen him before?

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190 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

Yes, this is right.

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190 months ago

wrote:

So, you haven't ever seen him before?

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190 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

No. Pluperfect tense -HAD never seen...........

190 months ago

TecTrans Martin wrote:

You've really never seen him before?

My comment:

it's kind of surprised or disbelieving expression like "What? You never saw him before?"

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190 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

But this is the pluperfect tense here - you had.......

190 months ago

TecTrans Martin wrote:

Never again

190 months ago

Medilingua Hungarica wrote:

never (till now)

My comment:

No double negation as "encore" is an "iteration" (repetition expressing) adverb and "jamais" a strong negation. But "encore" is superfluous as "jamais" (never) never incules "till now".
(French from Latin "hanc hora" & "jam magis"

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190 months ago

myrthe wrote:

Agree

190 months ago

myrthe wrote:

I would suggest "never (saw him) again"

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