What does “moi non plus” mean in French?

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moi non plus
French agreement reflex
“me neither” — the negative twin of moi aussi

Moi aussi is “me too.” Its negative counterpart is moi non plus, “me neither,” and French keeps the two apart. If someone says je n’aime pas ça, agreeing with them means moi non plus — moi aussi after a negative sentence is the classic learner slip. The same swap applies across the other pronouns: lui non plus, nous non plus, eux non plus.

The phrase is famous in its own right thanks to Serge Gainsbourg’s 1969 duet Je t’aime… moi non plus. He took the title from a line attributed to Salvador Dalí about Picasso — “Picasso is a communist; me neither” — which is the joke in miniature: the reply does not match the sentence before it.

How common are the words?

How common are the words in this A2 French listening practice video?

95.7%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common French words
Most of the words in this video are common French words.

How common in written French

92.8%
Top 1,000
95.7%
Top 2,000
98.6%
Top 5,000

How common in spoken French

91.2%
Top 1,000
98.5%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Harder words in this video

These words are harder than A2. Here is what they mean.

short
1×
Not in top 5,000
short (slang)
blonde
1×
Top 5,000People say this a lot
blonde woman
aveugle
1×
Top 5,000People say this a lot
blind
je ne suis pas aveugle
1×
I am not blind

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · Lexique 3.83 (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.

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