ne

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from.

Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1)  Not.
 * 2) * c1500,  (translation):
 * For she ne dare doo, but to commande.
 * 1) * c1520, Andria by Terence (translation):
 * This shold haue bene his skuce at the lest / And it ne had bene but good & honest.
 * 1) * c1520, Andria by Terence (translation):
 * O so incessaunt thow ad in thy desyre / For so that thow thy mynde now mayst haue / Thow ne caryst what thow dost requyre.
 * O so incessaunt thow ad in thy desyre / For so that thow thy mynde now mayst haue / Thow ne caryst what thow dost requyre.

Conjunction

 * 1)  Nor.

Usage notes

 * Ne survives only as part of the oral tradition in rural Scotland and Northern England. It is almost never used in common speech.

Noun

 * 1) arrow (projectile)

Pronoun

 * 1) we, us

Usage notes

 * The form is used when the pronoun isn't followed by a clitic.

Verb

 * 1)  to be, become

Etymology
The nominative-accusative is from accusative, stressed form of clitic , which is continued by the clitic. and are innovated, but Gheg retains dative  (Old Albanian ) from a genitive.

Pronoun

 * 1) we, us

Noun

 * 1) human, person

Etymology
From.

Particle

 * 1) not

Usage notes
Used combined with, mirroring French ... .

Usage notes

 * ne cannot be used more than once as the object of a given verb.
 * While ne is usually used to replace phrases beginning with the preposition, adverbial phrases (eg ) are replaced with.
 * ne is sometimes used instead of to replace an adjective or indefinite noun as the predicate of a verb.
 * ne is sometimes used popularly to add emphasis to a sentence: in this sense, it has no translation in English.

Conjunction

 * 1) to (connects verbs)

Preposition

 * 1) Expressing a fraction or a ratio. Preceded by a nominator and followed by the denominator.

Etymology
inherited from, from , from , from.

Interjection

 * 1) no!

Particle

 * 1) not

Etymology
From,. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) neither

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
From through apocope, itself a contraction of, , the now-obsolete accusative form of.

Article

 * 1)  a, an

Usage notes
is used primarily in dialects that retain the three-way gender split. It is only used for masculine words, while is used for feminine and neuter words.

The form is used before vowels (as the English ) and certain consonants (commonly b, d and t), differing from dialect to dialect.

Determiner

 * 1) that.

Pronoun

 * 1) that.

Etymology
From, , , etc.

Particle

 * 1) no
 * 2) not
 * 3) non-

Etymology
From, from +. Compare 🇨🇬,.

The inflectional stem nii- derives from the same stem with the plural infix, through an older *nij- (< *ne-j-). Compare also.

Pronoun

 * : they, those objects not pointed at by the speaker
 * : they

Determiner

 * : those not pointed at by the speaker

Usage notes
See the usage notes under.

Inflection
The case suffixes are mostly regular (except the inessive and elative singular). Abessive is never used in the singular and extremely seldom in the plural. Instructive is more or less a theoretical construction, since it has developed into an adverb, and its current meaning cannot be derived from.

Etymology
From 🇨🇬, from or  preceding words starting in a consonant, from.

Particle

 * 1)  not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
 * 2) * 1713,, letter, Dec 1713:
 * "fr"

- Je ne sais si je dois vous appeler Monsieur ou Mademoiselle.


 * 1) not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
 * 1) not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
 * 1) not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
 * 1) not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
 * 1) not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)

Usage notes

 * Typically, follows the subject and is itself followed by the verb and:
 * a negative adverbial (,, , , or (now literary) );
 * a nominal element modified by a negative determiner ( or, both meaning "no", "not a") — note that these phrases can take on nominal, pronominal or adverbial functions;
 * More mobile are negative pronouns, the most common being and, which will follow  and the verb if they function as the object complement of that verb, but if they are the subject of a given clause, they will usually sit at its head:
 * In literary French (i.e., the most formal variety of the written language) certain verbs can be negated with alone (without another negating element like ). Nowadays, this list is restricted chiefly to the verbs, , , , and . Less formal registers still require coordination with another negative element.
 * In colloquial (i.e., spoken) French, is often omitted, leaving the other negating element (,, , , etc.) to indicate the sentence's negative state on its own (unless more than one of these elements is already present).
 * In some regions, has disappeared from spoken language either entirely or nearly so. Even when it is included in spoken form, the weak "e" is often elided, causing the remaining  to assimilate into nearby words. Compare a few possible versions of the above example,, more or less rising in levels of formality:
 * J' veux pas ça.
 * Je veux pas ça.
 * Je n' veux pas ça.
 * Je ne veux pas ça.
 * In some regions, has disappeared from spoken language either entirely or nearly so. Even when it is included in spoken form, the weak "e" is often elided, causing the remaining  to assimilate into nearby words. Compare a few possible versions of the above example,, more or less rising in levels of formality:
 * J' veux pas ça.
 * Je veux pas ça.
 * Je n' veux pas ça.
 * Je ne veux pas ça.
 * Je ne veux pas ça.

Etymology 1
From, , from , , from , from , from. Also possibly from a contraction of, dialectal , ,.

Particle

 * 1)   right?; is it?; is it not?; tag question

Article

 * : a

Pronoun

 * : him

Adverb

 * 1) don't, should/shall not, stop (doing something)

Usage notes
Used before the verb in an imperative clause (or sometimes a conditional clause expressing a wish or desire) to negate that clause; is always used instead of  in the imperative mood.

Etymology 1
From, from ,.

Adverb

 * 1) not, don’t

Etymology 2
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Etymology
From, , through Proto-Romanian (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from , from , root noun derived from.

Noun

 * 1) snow

Etymology 1
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * In modern usage but not traditional usage, this word actively blocks of its initial consonant. Hence    is pronounced  in modern usage, but  traditionally, since  normally triggers syntactic gemination.

Adverb

 * 1) from there

Usage notes

 * The adverb replaces  :

Pronoun

 * 1) from this; from that; from these; from those,
 * 2) about this; about that; about these; about those
 * 3) of this; of that; of these; of those,
 * 4) of them
 * 5) for this; of that; of these; of those,
 * 1) of this; of that; of these; of those,
 * 2) of them
 * 3) for this; of that; of these; of those,
 * 1) of them
 * 2) for this; of that; of these; of those,
 * 1) for this; of that; of these; of those,

Usage notes

 * The pronoun stands for  + [pronoun], and can thus be a translation of “[preposition] + it/them” for any preposition that is translated as  in Italian.

Pronunciation

 * This word triggers of the following consonant, and may or may not block syntactic gemination of its initial consonant (contrast the pronominal usage above).

Usage notes

 * The contraction is used where, , etc., would ordinarily be used, but cannot be because the article is part of the title of a film, book, etc.

Determiner

 * 1) no

Particle

 * 1) no

Etymology 1
Contraction of +.

Etymology 2
Compare 🇨🇬,,.

Particle

 * : right?; eh?; isn't it, innit?
 * : right?; eh?; isn't it, innit?
 * : right?; eh?; isn't it, innit?

Adverb

 * 1) already; now
 * 2) already; now
 * 3) already; now
 * 1) already; now
 * 1) already; now

Etymology
From

Pronoun

 * 1) what

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Determiner

 * 1)  those
 * 2)  these, those

Pronoun

 * 1)  those
 * 2)  these, those

Usage notes

 * In North Karelian, ne is used to refer to objects that are far away from the speaker, but close to the addressee.

Adverb

 * 1) not

Etymology 1
From 🇨🇬, from, from the extension of. Cognates include 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1)  no, not
 * : do not, don’t
 * : do not, don’t
 * : do not, don’t
 * : do not, don’t
 * : do not, don’t
 * : do not, don’t
 * : do not, don’t
 * : do not, don’t

Conjunction

 * 1)  that not, in order not to and similar; lest

Usage notes

 * Not to be confused with the affirmative particle ne (see Etymology 2).
 * The adverb, in cases of prohibition, became obsolete in colloquial speech in late antiquity, being displaced by, originally a solecism.

Derived terms

 * nēve/
 * nē forte
 * nē quō
 * nē quis

Related terms

 * nī
 * nōn
 * sīn
 * quīn
 * nōn
 * sīn
 * quīn

Etymology 2
From, which consists of. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 which features in 🇨🇬,, and. The same pronominal stem is also present in the words, , and.

Interjection

 * 1) truly!, indeed!; only joined with personal pronouns and commonly connected with other affirmative particles

Etymology
From, from.

Conjunction

 * 1) not

Etymology
From, from.

Interjection

 * 1) no (used to show disagreement or negation)

Pronoun

 * 1) they;

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Romanization




Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  of a blade
 * 2) animals at the head of the herd
 * 1)  of a blade
 * 2) animals at the head of the herd
 * 1) animals at the head of the herd

Etymology
From, from , from.

Adverb

 * 1) not

Usage notes
Immediately precedes the verb. Often found in combination with the synonymous or another negating adverb, which is placed elsewhere.

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Adverb

 * 1) not
 * 2) * 13??, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Knight's Portrait" (line 70), The Canterbury Tales.
 * He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde.
 * 1) not
 * 1) not
 * 1) not

Usage notes

 * Middle English lacks . Instead, ne is simply used by itself: Puple deien, bot fame ne deieþ ("People die, but reputation does not die").
 * Middle English has negative concord, so negatives don't cancel out another, unlike formal English or Latin. ne is often accompanied by other negatives rather than used alone. Double, triple, and quadruple negatives are common: I ne oght no man noght ("I haven't owed anything to anyone," literally "I not owed no one nothing").
 * ne usually immediately precedes the verb; compare /, which usually follows it.

Conjunction

 * 1) nor and not, or (not), not
 * 2) lest in case, before
 * 3) than

Usage notes

 * ne can contract with certain words that follow it, such as  ne was → nas. This is optional, so forms like ne was are possible.
 * ne... ne... is often found in correlative constructions, with the meaning of not... or...; this is comparable to modern English neither... (n)or....

Adverb

 * 1) not (used to negate a verb)

Usage notes

 * As in modern French, may be used in combination with another adverb, such as ne... iamais, ne... pas, ne... gaire, ne... mie, ne... oncques, ne... poin(c)t and ne... rien(s), but such an adverb is not required.

Etymology 2
See

Article

 * 1) the

Verb

 * 1) take

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation




Pronoun

 * 1)  second-person singular personal pronoun (you, your)

Usage notes

 * As a second-class pronoun, is used as the subject of a sentence when its verb is a second-class one (those verbs are sometimes referred to as adjectives). The personal pronoun  is also used when governed by any postposition with the exception of  and . Finally,  is used as a possessive pronoun as well.

Etymology
From, from , from. Related to.

Adverb

 * 1) not

Interjection

 * 1) no

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) four

Etymology
From, possibly from.

Noun

 * 1) a lunar phase of an old moon, i.e. period of time in which the moon is waning

Etymology
Inherited from, from , from , from.

Particle

 * 1) ; no, not

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) not

Usage notes

 * Old English does not have . Instead, ne is simply used by itself: Menn sweltaþ, ac hlīsa ne swilt ("People die, but reputation does not die").
 * Ne is placed immediately before the finite verb: Sēo lǣrestre ne meahte furðum mīnes naman ġemunan (“The teacher could not even remember my name”). It only goes before infinitives on the rare occasion when there is no finite verb to negate: Iċ wēne þæt þū sċyle forlǣtan and eft ne cuman ("I think you should leave and not come back"), Uton ne forspillan nāne tīd mā ("Let's not waste any more time").
 * Ne negates verbs. Other parts of speech are negated with : Earg iċ eom, nā lǣwa ("I'm a coward, not a traitor"), Iċ hīe fræġn "Hū wæs þīn færeld?" and hēo cwæþ "Nā yfel" ("I asked her 'How was your trip?' and she said "Not bad'"). Nā is also used when the verb is only implied: Ne rēċe iċ hwæðer mē hwā ġelīefe þē nā ("I don't care if anyone believes me or not"). Nā also negates tō-infinitives and participles: Þās þing ġedafenode tō dōnne and þā ōðru nā tō forlǣtenne ("It would have made sense to do these things and not to neglect the others").
 * Ne and its accompanying verb often come at the beginning of a sentence: Ne meahte nān mann tecnāwan hwelcre mægðe hē wǣre ("Nobody could tell what tribe he was," literally "Couldn't nobody tell what tribe he was").
 * Old English has negative concord, meaning one negative does not cancel out another. Double, triple, and quadruple negatives are very common: Ne sċolde iċ nǣfre nānum menn nāwiht ("I've never owed anything to anyone," literally "I never not owed no one nothing").
 * In a few verbs beginning with a vowel, h, or w, ne actually fuses with the verb, creating, , , , and . In the West Saxon dialect (the dialect of most surviving texts and sometimes referred to as "standard" Old English), the contracted forms are the norm, while in other dialects the uncontracted forms ne wesan, ne habban, etc. are also common.

Conjunction

 * 1) (in negative phrases) or, and not (optionally translated as "nor")
 * 2) * c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- Sē enġel him cwæþ tō, "Ne cyss þū mīne fēt, ne þū mē ne hrepe."


 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of 
 * "ang"

- Nān mann hine ne cann, ne hē nānne mann ne furðum þæt ġeþēode.


 * 1) ne... ne... is used to mean "[not...] or..." (optionally translated as "neither... nor...")

Usage notes

 * In the phrase "[not...] or...", ne is often used consecutively for "or": Iċ nāt ne ne rēċe hwelċes cynnes fugol hit sīe, hit is mīn frēond ("I don't know or care what kind of bird it is, it's my friend").

Etymology 1
From.

Adverb

 * 1) not; used to form negative constructions

Etymology 2
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) neither (not one or the other)

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) not

Descendants

 * Heligoland:
 * Heligoland:

Conjunction

 * 1) nor

Particle

 * 1) no

Synonyms

 * nā

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) not

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) four

Noun

 * 1) eye.

Etymology
From, from. Compare and 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1)  us

Pronoun

 * 1)  (to) us

Article

 * 1)  used before feminine adjectives

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Adverb

 * 1)  Not.
 * (A Northern English folk saying)

Conjunction

 * 1)  Nor.

Usage notes

 * Ne is a negative particle and it is used preverbally, i.e. it is placed directly before a verb, for example,ː"What haps might chance me I ne knew" (William Fowler (makar), 1590) and "To suffer exile he said that he ne couth" (Gavin Douglas, Virgil's Aeneid, 1513). Now archaic and chiefly dialectal, it is still understood and used by a few rural speakers in Scotland and Northern England.
 * As a conjunction, it is placed immediately before the word it negates as inː ne mickle, ne little; Twas ne man, ne woman.. ne beast; ne rich, ne poor, ne bold, ne meek, ne stong, ne weak can escape God's wrath.
 * In urban areas and cities became displaced by na or nae.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Particle

 * 1) not (denoting negation)

Interjection

 * 1) no

Etymology
From, from.

Particle

 * 1) not (negates meaning of verb)
 * 2) no (expresses disapproval, disagreement)

Antonyms

 * dà, já

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) four

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) four

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and.

Particle

 * : right?; eh?; isn't it, innit?

Determiner

 * 1)  this, these

Pronoun

 * 1)  this

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (metathesis < *ne-me), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) what
 * 2) whatever
 * 1) whatever

Adverb

 * 1) what, how, such

Etymology 2
From, from. Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1) neither; nor

Usage notes

 * Not used alone but rather as ne...ne..., the way it is used is directly copied from Persian نه...نه...(“neither; nor”).

Antonyms

 * ... de... de, ... da... da

Pronoun

 * 1) that

Noun

 * 1) water
 * 2) river

Etymology
Likely cognate with 🇨🇬.

Determiner

 * 1)  this, these

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) four

Noun

 * 1) house

Noun

 * 1) lip

Verb

 * 1)  to eat

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) four