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ни

/[ni]/
Bulgarianpronparticleconj

Grammatical form

ни is the short form form of the first-person plural possessive pronoun; our.

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.

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • ни́то
Related words (10)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ni.

Forms

  • niromanization

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