не

See also Appendix:Variations of "ne"

Belarusian

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Adverb

не (ni)

1. no (word used to indicate disagreement or negative)

Particle

не (ne)

1. not

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɛ/

Particle

не (ne)

1. used to show disagreement or negation, no

   Не, грешиш. - No, you are mistaken.

   Не, сега не може да гледаш телевизия. - No, you may not watch television now.

2. used to negate the meaning of the following word or phrase, not, n't

   Не знам. - I don't know.

   Не мога. - I can't.

   Мария не им даде възможност да се извинят. - Maria didn't give them a change to apologize.

   Не Мария им даде възможност да се извинят. - It was not Maria who gave them a chance to apologize. (Someone else did.)

   Не на тях Мария даде възможност да се извинят. - It was not to them that Maria gave a chance to apologize. (She gave it to someone else.)

   Не възможност да се извинят им даде Мария. - It was not a chance to apologize that Maria gave them. (She gave them something else.)

   Не да се извинят им даде възможност Мария. - It was not a chance to apologize that Maria gave them. (She gave them a chance to do something else.)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [nʲe]

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• Homophone: ни (when unstressed)

Particle

не (ne)

1. (negative in full) not, no, -n't, without

   он не зна́ет — he does not know

   не долете́в до це́ли — without reaching the target

   он не ге́ний — he is no genius

   не де́лай э́того! — don’t do it!

   не говори́ ни сло́ва! — don’t say a word!

2. Idiomatic negative usage

   (мне) не по себе́ — (I) feel sick, (I) feel uncomfortable

   не раз — more than once, time and again, repeatedly, many a time

   я ви́дел вас не раз — I have seen you often

   тем не ме́нее — nevertheless

3. (partial negative) perhaps not, whether ... or not

   сча́стье не сча́стье, но что-то похо́жее — perhaps not happiness, but something very much like it

   хо́чешь не хо́чешь, а придётся сде́лать — like it or not, you’ll have to do it

4. will never (implying impossibility to do something)

   ему́ э́того не сде́лать — he will never do it.

5. usually not translated, gives affirmative meaning for expression, especially in exclamations

   како́й ру́сский не лю́бит бы́строй езды́! — every Russian likes to drive (a car) fast.

   кто не лю́бит пое́сть! — everyone likes a good meal.

Prefix

With prepositions and pronouns не actually is a prefix, in spite of the fact that it is written separately.

Examples:

1. не с кем (from некем)
2. не из чего́ (from нечего)

See also

• нет

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ne/

Particle

не (Roman spelling ne)

1. not (denoting negation)

   не знам — I don't know

   он је не само даровит, већ и јако марљив — he is not only talented, but also very industrious

   ht(j)eo-ne ht(j)eo — whether you want it or not

   да не спаваш? — aren't you sleeping?

   не могу, а да не.. — I cannot but...

   рећи не — to say no; refuse, decline

   не мање него.. — no less then..

   не доћи — to fail to come, not come

   .... Зар не? — ... Aren't you? (Do you?, Don't you?)

Interjection

не (Roman spelling ne)

1. no

   Јеси ли демократ(а)? Не! — Are you a democrat? No!

Synonyms

• јок (dialectal, from Turkish)

Antonyms

• да

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Tajik

Etymology

From Russian не (ne).

Adverb

не • (ne)

1. (informal) no

See also

• на (na)

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Ukrainian

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Particle

не (ne)

1. not