même pas
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛm pa/, /mɛm pɑ/
Adverb
- not even
- Je ne sais même pas. ― I don't even know.
- Je veux même pas savoir.
- I don't even want to know.
Usage notes
Trésor de la langue française states that the word order pas même can be used without affecting the meaning of the phrase,[1] but même pas is considerably more common.
References
- “pas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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