Bulgarian

Pronoun

ни • ‎(ni) ‎(personal, possessive)

1. Short form of the first-person plural pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb; us.

   Не мисля, че ни видяха да идваме.‎

   Ne mislja, če ni vidjaha da idvame.

   I don't think they saw us come.

2. Short form of the first-person plural pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; to us, for us, us.

   Бихте ли ни казали в колко часа каца самолетът?‎

   Bihte li ni kazali v kolko časa kaca samoletǎt?

   Could you tell us at what time the plane lands?

3. Short form of the first-person plural possessive pronoun; our.

   Първата ни спирка е Париж.‎

   Pǎrvata ni spirka e Pariž.

   Our first stop is Paris.

Related terms

Particle

ни • ‎(ni)

1. Used for emphasis to mean 'no thing or person'; not a, not one.

   Не обели ни дума.‎

   Ne obeli ni duma.

   He didn't say a single word.

   Ни един от хората, които бях поканил, не дойде.‎

   Ni edin ot horata, koito bjah pokanil, ne dojde.

   Not one of the people I'd invited showed up.

Synonyms

• нито ‎(nito)

Conjunction

ни • ‎(ni)

1. Used to show that a negative statement is true of two things; neither, nor.

   Това е ни в клин, ни в ръкав.‎

   Tova e ni v klin, ni v rǎkav.

   That is neither here nor there.

   Тя ни знае, ни се интересува какво се е случило.‎

   Tja ni znae, ni se interesuva kakvo se e slučilo.

   She neither knows nor cares what happened.

Synonyms

• нито ‎(nito)

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate to Standard Mandarin 你 ‎(nǐ).

Adjective

ни ‎(ni)

1. you

Erzya

Noun

ни • ‎(ni)

1. wife

Macedonian

Conjunction

ни • ‎(ni)

1. neither

   Нема ни жена ни деца.‎

   Nema ni žena ni deca.

   He has neither a wife nor children.

Synonyms

• ниту ‎(nitu)

Particle

ни • ‎(ni)

1. not even

   Ни мајката не те сака.‎

   Ni majkata ne te saka.

   Not even your mother loves you.

   Не сакаше ни да се обиде.‎

   Ne sakaše ni da se obide.

   He didn't even want to try.

2. neither, either

   Ни јас не сакам да дојдам.‎

   Ni jas ne sakam da dojdam.

   I don't want to come either.

Pronoun

ни • ‎(ni)

1. Short indirect object form of ние ‎(nie).

Nivkh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ni]

Pronoun

ни ‎(transliteration needed)

1. I

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ni ‎(“nor, not”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nei, from Proto-Indo-European *nei.

Conjunction

ни • ‎(ni)

1. not

Descendants

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲɪ]

Conjunction

ни • ‎(ni)

1. neither, nor

   ни он, ни она́‎ ― ni on, ni oná ― neither he nor she

   ни ку́шает, ни спит‎ ― ni kúšajet, ni spit ― neither eats nor sleeps

Particle

ни • ‎(ni)

1. not a

   ни оди́н из ста‎ ― ni odín iz sta ― not one in a hundred

2. (between a personal pronoun and the verb in the affirmative) whatever, however

   что он ни ска́жет‎ ― što on ni skážet ― whatever he says

   как бы он ни был бога́т‎ ― kak by on ni byl bogát ― however rich he may be

3. (before какой, кто, что) any, no

   ни в како́й кни́ге‎ ― ni v kakój kníge ― in any book, in no book

4. (with не) nothing

   ни на что не годи́тся‎ ― ni na što ne godítsja ― it’s good for nothing

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ni ‎(“nor, not”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nej, from Proto-Indo-European *ney. Compare ни-, не.

Particle

ни ‎(Latin spelling ni)

1. (emphasizes negation) even, either

   ни ја то не знам‎ ― even I don't know that; I don't know that either

   нисам хт(ј)ео ни да чујем за пр(иј)едлог‎ ― I didn't even want to listen about the proposal

Conjunction

ни ‎(Latin spelling ni)

1. neither, nor

   она није ни паметна ни(ти) марљива‎ ― she is neither smart nor industrious

   ни трага ни гласа о ..‎ ― not a trace about ..

   ни крив ни дужан‎ ― completely innocent