Neither Eve nor Adam
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:01 am
Hello and thank you for joining me for this new episode of the Français Authentique podcast. And today, we are going to discover together a French idiomatic expression that you have probably already heard. This expression is "ni d'Eve ni d'Adam".
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So, let's move on to today's expression "neither of Eve nor of Adam" and see the three main words that compose it.
We have the conjunction "ni". "Ni" is used to put several elements of a sentence in the negative. For example, if you want to say that a person is not tall, she is not small, you would not say: "she is not tall and she is not small". It would not be incorrect, but it would not be the way the French express themselves. You would say: "she is neither tall nor small". So she is not tall, she is not small. And to avoid repeating "not", we say: "she is neither tall nor small".
"Eve" and "Adam" are characters from the Bible and more specifically from Genesis. Eve was the first woman created by God, in Genesis. And the name Eve means the living one. Adam is another character from the Bible and the Koran, he is Eve's husband. We also find him in Genesis and he is mentioned as being the first man created by God in Genesis.
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Before we move on to this expression or the explanation of this expression, let me remind you that you currently have the possibility of getting Authentic French courses with a turkey whatsapp number data very nice winter promotion . And that is valid until 12/26. It's a Tuesday, I think. Monday, sorry. Monday 12/26, Monday December 26. You can get any Authentic French course with a super nice promotion. So I'll let you go take a look in the description, there's a link.
So, let's move on to today's expression "neither of Eve nor of Adam" and see the three main words that compose it.
We have the conjunction "ni". "Ni" is used to put several elements of a sentence in the negative. For example, if you want to say that a person is not tall, she is not small, you would not say: "she is not tall and she is not small". It would not be incorrect, but it would not be the way the French express themselves. You would say: "she is neither tall nor small". So she is not tall, she is not small. And to avoid repeating "not", we say: "she is neither tall nor small".
"Eve" and "Adam" are characters from the Bible and more specifically from Genesis. Eve was the first woman created by God, in Genesis. And the name Eve means the living one. Adam is another character from the Bible and the Koran, he is Eve's husband. We also find him in Genesis and he is mentioned as being the first man created by God in Genesis.
wish you good luck. I hope you enjoyed it, that it will help you. Don't forget to rate... hey, it's been a long time since I asked for this... to rate the Français Authentique podcast on any platform, whether it's the Google Play Store or the Apple Store, or iTunes rather, but in any case it would really please me if you left 5 stars for my work because, well, we work hard and we hope you like it and that it helps you.