N'eus (en. Did not have)

/nø/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

Indicates possession or experience of an event in the past.

I did not have time to finish my homework.

Je n'eus pas le temps de finir mes devoirs.

Used to express an obligation or right in a past situation.

He had no choice but to accept the decision.

Il n'eut pas le choix que d'accepter la décision.

Involved in literary narratives to evoke the past.

In his account, he says he had no hesitation.

Dans son récit, il dit qu'il n'eut aucune hésitation.

Contraction of 'ne' and 'eus', derived from Latin 'habere'.

I never had

expresses an unreal condition or a regret regarding something that never happened.

je n'eus jamais

had none

used to emphasize the absence of something in the past.

n'eus point

if I had known

indicates a regret concerning a lack of knowledge in the past.

si j'eus su

to have

Verb meaning to possess or hold.

avoir

had

Past participle of the verb to have.

to possess

To have as a property.

posséder

Not having had

I never had that chance.

Je n'eus jamais cette chance.

A lack of opportunities in the past

He did not have the opportunity to travel.

Il n'eut pas l'opportunité de voyager.