only; nothing butWhere English uses the single word "only", French wraps a two-part phrase around the action word: ne goes before the action word and que goes after it. Even though ne usually signals a negative sentence in French, pairing it with que isn't negative—it just means "only" or "nothing but". For example, « Je ne parle que français » means "I only speak French." In everyday conversation, people often drop the ne and just say « Je parle que français. »
FR: L’expression « ne que » sert à exprimer une restriction.
EN: The expression “ne que” is used to express a restriction.