Vous ne comprendrez que peu de choses

Why isn’t there ‘pas’ after ‘comprendrez’? (vous ne comprendrez que peu de choses.)

Hi, Rang.
I’ve come to the same question a few weeks ago. I guess that when someone says " ne + verb + que it means “only” and that’s why there isn’t any ‘pas’ after ‘comprendrez’. So the whole sentence would be " You will understand only a few things"

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Hi,
Negation in written and formal French is always dobble: ne + an other element that can be “pas” but also “jamais”, “que”, “plus”, that bring some restriction or precise the meaning of the sentence. As Gabriel said, “ne… que” means “only”. You could also find “ne … pas que” which would be the opposite: not only, not just.
In everyday French, we don’t use the “ne” when we speak.

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Thanks a lot, that was really helpful!

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Thanks Gabriel!

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