ni

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Initialism

ni

1. (linguistics) noun inanimate

[edit] See also

• na
• nad
• nid

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Pronoun

ni

1. I (first person singular personal pronoun)

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[edit] Bosnian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ни (ni), from Proto-Slavic *ni (“‘nor, not’”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nei, from Proto-Indo-European *nei.

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ni

1. neither, nor

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ni

1. not

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[edit] Breton

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ni

1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Conjunction

ni

1. neither, nor

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[edit] Noun

ni f. (plural nis)

1. Nu; the Greek letter Ν (lowercase ν).

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ни (ni), from Proto-Slavic *ni (“‘nor, not’”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nei, from Proto-Indo-European *nei.

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ni

1. neither, nor

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ni

1. not

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse níu, from Proto-Germanic *niwun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“‘nine’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /niː/, [niːˀ]

[edit] Numeral

ni

1. (cardinal) nine

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Etymology

From Italian noi.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ni/

[edit] Pronoun

ni

1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)

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[edit] French

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[edit] Conjunction

ni ... ni

1. nor, neither ... nor

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soit

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈni/

[edit] Interjection

ni

1. lo!, look!

   itt van ni - look! here it is!

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[edit] Ido

[edit] Pronoun

ni

1. (personal) We (first-person plural personal pronoun).

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Alternative forms

• nec

[edit] Etymology

From Latin nec (“‘and not’”).

[edit] Adverb

ni

1. and not.

   Io non sape, ni vole saper (I don’t know, and I don’t want to know)

2. Neither, nor.

   Illo ni me place ni displace (It neither pleases me nor displeases me)

3. And, or (following a "with no" or "without").

   Nos debe resister sin aqua ni alimento (We must resist with no water or food)

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[edit] Japanese

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ni (hiragana に)

1. to (indirect object)
2. in (with certain actions)
3. to; toward
4. by
5. in order to
6. (used after many nouns, forms an adverb)

[edit] See also

• e
• de

[edit] Noun

ni (hiragana に)

1. 二: two

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Alternative spellings

• nei (in old orthography)

[edit] Etymology

From Old Latin nei, from Proto-Indo-European *néy (“‘not’”). Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹 (nei), Lithuanian nei, Old Church Slavonic ни (ni) and Old Irish ní.

[edit] Adverb

ni

1. not, if...not, unless- an absolutely negative particle like ne so only in combinations

[edit] Derived terms

• quid ni? (why not?)
• nimirum (not wonderful)
• nisi

[edit] Conjunction

ni

1. not, that not, unless; like ne in imperative and international clauses

   Ni quid tibi hinc in spem referas.

   Vinum aliudve quid ni laudato.

   Numa constituit, ut pisces, qui squamosi non essent, ni pollucerent ... ni qui ad polluctum emerent.

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronoun

ni (Pinyin nǐ)

1. you
   • nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?

   你叫什么名字？

   你叫什麼名字？

   What is your name?

   • 你 想买 那 本 书
   • 你 想買 那 本 書

   nǐ xiǎngmǎi nà běn shū?

   Which book do you want to buy?

   • ni shuo Yingyu ma?

   nǐ shuō Yīngyǔ ma?

   你说英语吗？

   你說英語嗎？

   Do you speak English?

[edit] See also

• wo
• ta

[edit] Pinyin syllable

ni

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, nī, ní, nǐ, or nì.

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• English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Norwegian

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/ni/

[edit] Cardinal number

ni

1. nine

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek νῦ (nu)

[edit] Noun

ni f.

1. The thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet: nu.

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronoun

ni (dative form of noi; form of ne)

1. to us

[edit] Usage notes

This word is used when ne (which is dative) is combined with the following accusatives:

• îl (the accusative of el, contracted as ni-l)
• îi (the accusative of ei, contracted as ni-i)
• le (the accusative of ele)
• se (the reflexive accusative of all third-person pronouns)

[edit] See also

• vi
• li

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ни (ni), from Proto-Slavic *ni (“‘nor, not’”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nei, from Proto-Indo-European *nei.

[edit] Particle

ni (Cyrillic spelling: ни)

1. neither, nor

[edit] Conjunction

ni (Cyrillic spelling: ни)

1. not

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Conjunction

ni ... ni

1. Neither ... nor.

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• o ... o

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[edit] Noun

ni f. (plural nis)

1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν

[edit] Synonyms

• ny

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[edit] Swahili

[edit] Verb

ni

1. is

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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/ni/

[edit] Pronoun

ni

1. you (second-person singular nominative formal) (capitalized Ni, rare in modern use)
2. you (plural nominative)

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[edit] Tagalog

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• IPA: /niː/

[edit] Preposition

ni

1. Of; possessive particle. Used only with personal names.

   Bisikleta ni Juan

   Juan's bicycle

2. Objective marker for personal names—objective form of si; functional equivalent of ng.

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[edit] Uzbek

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ni (Cyrillic ни)

1. accusative case marker. It is placed after the direct object of a transitive verb.
   • Men O'zbek tilini o'rganyapman.

     "I am studying Uzbek."

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ni/, SAMPA: ni

[edit] Pronoun

ni

1. us; we.

[edit] Adverb

ni

1. not.