French Phrase
Pas de champignons pour moi.
Meaning
Literally ‘No mushrooms for me.’ It’s a short, polite way to decline mushrooms when ordering food or stating a personal preference.
When to use
Use this phrase in restaurants, cafés, or any food‑related situation when you want to make it clear that you don’t want mushrooms in your dish. It works well in both casual and semi‑formal settings.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Pasdechampignonspourmoi
Pas de (negative partitive)
‘Pas de’ replaces ‘ne … pas de’ in informal speech and is used to say ‘no/none of’ a non‑count or plural noun.
Champignons (noun)
Masculine plural noun meaning ‘mushrooms’; takes the regular –s plural ending.
Pour (preposition)
Means ‘for’; introduces the beneficiary or target of the statement.
Moi (stressed pronoun)
Stressed form of ‘je’; used after a preposition to emphasise ‘me’.
🗨In Conversation
Vous désirez des champignons dans votre salade ?
Would you like mushrooms in your salad?
Pas de champignons pour moi, merci.
No mushrooms for me, thank you.
✕Common Mistakes
Pas des champignons pour moi.
After a negative you must use ‘de’, not the plural article ‘des’.
Pas de champignon pour moi.
‘Champignon’ is singular; when refusing the ingredient in general you need the plural ‘champignons’.
Pour moi, pas de champignons.
The prepositional phrase ‘pour moi’ should come after the noun phrase, not before the negation.
↔Alternatives
Je ne veux pas de champignons.
I don’t want mushrooms.
Je ne mange pas de champignons.
I don’t eat mushrooms.
Sans champignons, s'il vous plaît.
Without mushrooms, please.
Cultural Tip
In French dining it’s common to specify what you don’t want using ‘pas de’ or ‘sans’. Even though the negative ‘ne’ is often dropped in spoken French, the meaning stays clear. Remember that ‘pas des champignons’ is incorrect because after a negative you must use ‘de’, not ‘des’. Also, saying ‘pas de champignon’ (singular) sounds odd unless you’re referring to a single mushroom, so keep the noun plural when you’re talking about the ingredient in general.