How do you say no longer in French?

With ne… plus around the verb: je ne travaille plus, I don't work any more. In a compound tense both halves close around the auxiliary: il n'a plus travaillé. Before an infinitive the two words stay together: ne plus travailler.

How do I say there's no more of something?

Use ne… plus de with the noun bare: il n'y a plus de lait, there's no milk left; je n'ai plus de temps, I've no time left. The partitive du, de la, and des all reduce to de, just as they do after pas.

Is the s in plus pronounced?

Not in the negative. Je n'en veux plus ends with the sound of the French word lu. When plus means more it keeps the s before a pause, and links it as a z before a vowel: plus âgé. That difference is the only clue when ne has been dropped in speech.

What does ne plus que mean?

It means only, with the sense that nothing else is left. Il ne reste plus que deux jours, there are only two days left; je ne bois plus que de l'eau, water is all I drink now. Despite the ne, the meaning is affirmative.

What's the difference between ne plus and non plus?

Ne… plus is a negative wrapped around a verb, meaning not any more. Non plus is a short comment meaning neither or not either, as in moi non plus. They can appear in the same sentence: je n'y vais plus non plus, I don't go there any more either.

French grammar · Intermediate

Ne Plus in French: Saying No Longer, Not Any More, and None Left

Written by Camille Laurent, Lead French Curriculum Editor · Reviewed May 2026

Ne… plus is the French for no longer, not any more, and no more. Plus simply takes the slot that pas would occupy, so je ne fume pas becomes je ne fume plus. Before a noun it behaves like a quantity word and takes bare de: il n'y a plus de pain.

Je ne fume plus depuis trois ans.

I haven't smoked for three years.

What it is

Every French negative is built the same way: ne in front of the verb and a partner word after it. Choose pas and you get a plain no. Choose plus and you get a no that used to be a yes, which is what English expresses with no longer or not any more. Nothing else about the sentence changes.

Je travaille ici. Je ne travaille pas ici. Je ne travaille plus ici. — I work here. I don't work here. I don't work here any more.

How to spot it

Look for the word that pairs with ne. If it is plus, the sentence is telling you that something has come to an end.

Elle ne fume plus. — She doesn't smoke any more.
Il n'y a plus de café. — There's no coffee left.
Je ne comprends plus rien. — I don't understand anything any more.
Il ne reste plus que deux jours. — There are only two days left.

In this construction the s of plus is silent, which is the main thing separating it in speech from plus meaning more.

Ne Plus Quick Reference

Where plus sits in each structure

Structure	Pattern	Example	English
simple tense	ne + verb + plus	Je ne fume plus.	I don't smoke any more.
compound tense	ne + auxiliary + plus + participle	Il n'a plus voulu venir.	He didn't want to come any more.
before a noun	ne + verb + plus de + bare noun	Il n'y a plus de lait.	There's no milk left.
before an infinitive	ne plus + infinitive	J'ai décidé de ne plus fumer.	I decided to stop smoking.
with another negative	ne + verb + plus + rien, jamais, personne	Je ne vois plus personne.	I don't see anyone any more.
only … left	ne + verb + plus que	Il ne reste plus que dix euros.	There's only ten euros left.
informal speech	plus on its own	J'en veux plus.	I don't want any more.

Common Ne Plus Examples in French

Ne plus across the situations it covers:

Something That Has Stopped

Je n'habite plus à Lyon.: I don't live in Lyon any more.
Elle ne travaille plus ici.: She doesn't work here any longer.
Ils ne se parlent plus.: They don't speak to each other any more.
Ça ne m'intéresse plus.: I'm not interested any more.

This is the core meaning: the situation was once true and no longer is.

Nothing Left

Il n'y a plus de pain.: There's no bread left.
Je n'ai plus d'argent.: I've got no money left.
Il ne reste plus de places.: There are no seats left.
On n'a plus le temps.: We're out of time.

With an indefinite or partitive noun the article reduces to de, exactly as it does after pas.

Stacked With Other Negatives

Je ne vois plus personne.: I don't see anyone any more.
Il ne dit plus rien.: He doesn't say anything any more.
Je n'y retournerai plus jamais.: I'll never go back there again.
Elle ne mange plus rien le soir.: She doesn't eat anything in the evening any more.

Plus always comes first in the stack, and the whole group still counts as one negative in French.

Ne Plus Que: Only, From Now On

Il ne reste plus que dix minutes.: There are only ten minutes left.
Je ne bois plus que de l'eau.: I only drink water now.
Nous ne sommes plus que trois.: There are only three of us left.
Elle ne pense plus qu'à ça.: She thinks about nothing else now.

Adding que turns the negative into a restriction, and the result is affirmative in meaning.

How Ne Plus Works

The structure is identical to ne… pas, so the only genuinely new things to learn are the pronunciation and the stacking order.

Plus Occupies the Pas Slot

French negatives have one slot after the verb, and pas, plus, jamais, and rien all compete for it. That is why ne pas plus is impossible: you can only fill the slot once.

Je ne le vois plus.

I don't see him any more.

One slot, one word.

In a Compound Tense It Hugs the Auxiliary

Both halves of the negative close around the conjugated verb, leaving the past participle outside. That gives je n'ai plus vu and elle n'est plus venue, never je n'ai vu plus.

Depuis ce jour, il n'est plus revenu.

Since that day he hasn't come back.

ne + auxiliary + plus + participle.

The Following Noun Goes Bare

Like any negative, plus reduces du, de la, and des to plain de. Il y a du pain becomes il n'y a plus de pain. The definite article is untouched: je n'aime plus le café.

Je n'ai plus de questions.

I have no more questions.

plus de + bare noun.

The S Is Silent

Negative plus is pronounced without its final s, so it rhymes with the French word lu. Comparative plus, meaning more, keeps the s before a pause and links it as a z before a vowel. This is the only signal in speech when ne has been dropped.

Je n'en veux plus, merci.

I don't want any more, thank you.

Negative plus: no s sound.

Plus Leads When Negatives Stack

Plus can combine with rien, personne, jamais, and que, and it always comes first: plus rien, plus personne, plus jamais. Two negative words together still make a single negative statement, not a positive one.

Il n'y a plus personne dans la salle.

There's nobody left in the room.

plus + rien / personne / jamais.

Common Mistakes with Ne Plus

Incorrect: Je ne fume pas plus. — I don't smoke any more.

Correct: Je ne fume plus. — I don't smoke any more.

Pas and plus compete for the same position after the verb, so only one can appear. Je ne fume pas plus would be understood as I don't smoke more than that.

Incorrect: Il n'y a plus du pain. — There's no bread left.

Correct: Il n'y a plus de pain. — There's no bread left.

Plus behaves like every other negative and reduces the partitive to bare de. The article survives only when it is definite: je n'aime plus le pain.

Incorrect: Je ne veux rien plus. — I don't want anything any more.

Correct: Je ne veux plus rien. — I don't want anything any more.

When two negative words combine, plus always comes first. The same order gives plus personne, plus jamais, and plus nulle part.

Incorrect: Elle ne plus travaille ici. — She doesn't work here any more.

Correct: Elle ne travaille plus ici. — She doesn't work here any more.

Only ne goes in front of the verb. Plus is the second half of the negative and belongs after the conjugated verb, or after the auxiliary in a compound tense.

The Silent S, Stacking, and Non Plus

Three details separate the learners who use ne… plus correctly on paper from those who use it correctly out loud.

Pronouncing plus

Negative plus drops its s. Comparative plus keeps it before a pause and turns it into a z before a vowel.

Je n'en veux plus.: I don't want any more. (no s sound)
J'en veux plus.: I want more. (s pronounced, ne dropped in speech)
Il est plus âgé que moi.: He's older than me. (s links as a z)

In casual speech ne disappears, so these two sentences become identical on paper and are told apart only by the s.

Combining with other negatives

Plus stacks with rien, personne, jamais, and nulle part, and always comes first.

Je ne veux plus rien entendre.: I don't want to hear anything else.
On ne se verra plus jamais.: We'll never see each other again.
Il ne va plus nulle part.: He doesn't go anywhere any more.

Plus jamais on its own is a complete answer, roughly never again.

Non plus is a different construction

Non plus means neither or not either. It has nothing to do with ne… plus beyond sharing the word plus.

Moi non plus.: Me neither.
Lui non plus n'est pas venu.: He didn't come either.
Je ne le sais pas non plus.: I don't know either.

Notice that non plus can sit in the same sentence as a full ne… pas, because it is not filling the negative slot.

Ne Plus FAQs

How do you say no longer in French?: With ne… plus around the verb: je ne travaille plus, I don't work any more. In a compound tense both halves close around the auxiliary: il n'a plus travaillé. Before an infinitive the two words stay together: ne plus travailler.
How do I say there's no more of something?: Use ne… plus de with the noun bare: il n'y a plus de lait, there's no milk left; je n'ai plus de temps, I've no time left. The partitive du, de la, and des all reduce to de, just as they do after pas.
Is the s in plus pronounced?: Not in the negative. Je n'en veux plus ends with the sound of the French word lu. When plus means more it keeps the s before a pause, and links it as a z before a vowel: plus âgé. That difference is the only clue when ne has been dropped in speech.
What does ne plus que mean?: It means only, with the sense that nothing else is left. Il ne reste plus que deux jours, there are only two days left; je ne bois plus que de l'eau, water is all I drink now. Despite the ne, the meaning is affirmative.
What's the difference between ne plus and non plus?: Ne… plus is a negative wrapped around a verb, meaning not any more. Non plus is a short comment meaning neither or not either, as in moi non plus. They can appear in the same sentence: je n'y vais plus non plus, I don't go there any more either.