Dictionary
ne
Meaning
- not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
- not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
- Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-called "pleonastic" or "expletive" ne.
- In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
Pronounced as (IPA)
/nə/
Inherited from Latin
non
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