nē
- Rōmaji transcription ofねぇ
- Rōmaji transcription ofねえ
- Rōmaji transcription ofねー
FromProto-Baltic*nē, fromProto-Indo-European*nē, a parallel form to*né “no, not,” the sentence negation particle. Cognates includeLithuaniannè,nė̃(“neither, nor”),Old Church Slavonicне(ne),Russian,Ukrainian,Belarusian,Bulgarianне(ne),Czechne,Polishnie,Gothic𐌽𐌹(ni),𐌽𐌴(nē),Hittite𒈾𒀜𒋫(/natta/,“not”),[Term?](/nāwi/,“not yet”),Sanskritन(ná),Latinne-,nē.[1]
nē
- used todeny ordisagree with whatwas said in theprecedingaffirmativestatement;no
- “Vai tu biji teātrī?” “Nē” ―“Were you at the theater?” “No”
- “Vai viņš ir slims?” “Nē” ―“Is he sick?” “No”
- used toconfirm oragree with whatwas said in theprecedingnegativestatement;no
- “Avīzi neatvedi?” “Nē”, es iesaucos; “avīzes mums nav.” ―“Didn't you bring the newspaper?” “No,” I exclaimed; “we don't have newspapers.”
“Tu esi klāt!” viņa sacīja. “Jā, esmu klāt.” “Nenomaldījies?” “Nē, nenomaldījos.”- “You are here!” she said. “Yes, I am here.” “You didn't get lost?” “No, I didn't get lost.”
- used tonegate apreviousassumption;no
- Atskan telefona zvans: tai vajag būt viņai!Nē, nav. ―The telephone bell rang: it must be her!No, it isn't.
- Ja viss sils izdegtu!...Nē,nē, to Andrikssons nebija gribējis ―If the whole forest burned!...No,no, Andrikssons had not wanted that
- used tocorrect,precise orreinforce whatwas said in theprecedingutterance;no,rather,actually
- Jūra bija zila. Nē, dzīzāk zaļa ―The sea was blue.No, rather (it was) green.
- Atnākšu rīt.Nē, parīt. ―I'll come tomorrow.No, actually, the day after tomorrow
- Kāds nāca.Nē, tur sarunādamies nāca vairāki vīri. ―Someone was coming.No, actually, several men came talking.
- Ieva reizēm palūkojās: zēns soļoja, rokas šūpodams, šaurajā sejā apņēmīga izteiksme.Nē, Aivars atradīs sev vietu dzīvē ―Ieva looked a few times: the boy walked, arms swinging, a resolute expression in (his) narrow face.No, Aivars will find a place for himself in life
- used toreinforce anegativestatement;no
- Nē, neiesim! ―No, we're not going!
- Nē, nevar. ―No, (you) can't (do this).
- Nē, tas patiesi nav saprotams. ―No, this is really not clear
- Nē, citādi tu nevarēji rīkoties. ―No, you could not have acted differently
- usedinstead of anegativeverbform;no, ...not
- vienam ieteicams sauļoties, otrs turpretī nedrīkst; viens var peldēties, citsnē ―to one it is recommended to sit in the sun, the other, however, is not allowed; one may swim, the otherno (= may not)
- used as anoun, toindicate anegativeanswer to aquestion, or to aproposal
- Kristaps gribēja apprecēties... bet te nu Līvija pateica:nē ―Kristaps wanted to get married... but here Līvija said:no.
- viņai iztapa, viņu lutināja, nekad viņai nebija gadījies dzirdēt “nē”, kad viņa kaut ko vēlējās ―they pleased her, they indulged her, she never had happened to hear “no” when she wanted something
nē (ne1,Zhuyinㄋㄜ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading ofN
