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Je n'ai pas encore fini.

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je
     1. pron. I
ne
     1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
     2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
     3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
     4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
ai
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir
     avoir
          1. n-m. asset, possession
          2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
          3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
          4. v. to have (a condition)
          5. v. to have (a measure or age)
          6. v. to have (to trick)
          7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
          8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
pas
     1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
     2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
     3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
     4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.
encore
     1. adv. still
     2. adv. more
     3. adv. again
     4. adv. (after the adverb pas) yet, not yet
pas encore
     1. adv. not yet
fini
     1. Participle. past participle of finir
     2. n-m. aspect or texture of what has been completed
     3. adj. completed or done
     4. adj. which has come to an end
     5. adj. (technical, philosophy) which has an end, limited, finite
     6. adj. which has been carefully done
     7. adj. (pejorative) whose art has been perfected; accomplished; complete
     8. adj. which has been morally damaged and has lost his reputation; done for
     9. adj. readily useable
     finir
          1. v. to finish, end, complete




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