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Definitions

1. 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. 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. 3.
   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.

4. 4.
   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.

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