не тот • (ne tot) m (demonstrative, feminine не та́, neuter не то́, plural не те́)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see не (ne), тот (tot).
- (colloquial) wrong
- Э́то не та кни́га. ― Éto ne ta kníga. ― This is the wrong book.
- Не на того́ напа́ли! ― Ne na tovó napáli! ― They chose the wrong man to make a fool of!
- Just like with most pronouns formed with the particle не (ne), prepositions are inserted between the не (ne) and the pronominal part of the phrase, e.g., не с того́ (ne s tovó), не на том (ne na tom), не по тому́ (ne po tomú) etc.
