nie

§NounEdit

nie

1. water

§ReferencesEdit

• D. T. Tryon, Towards a Classification of Solomon Islands Languages

§EtymologyEdit

From Dutch nie/niet.

§AdverbEdit

nie

1. never; not

   Hy kan nie Afrikaans praat nie.

   He can't speak Afrikaans

§Related termsEdit

• niemand

§Usage notesEdit

This word has to be repeated at the end of a sentence (see the Wikipedia article about double negatives in Germanic languages). However, if the verb being negated is the last word of a phrase, nie does not have to be repeated (it should never occur twice back-to-back). Also, when a verb is being used like a present participle, generally nie will only occur once, after that verb.

§PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ni/

§AdverbEdit

nie

1. (dialect) Short form of niet

§Usage notesEdit

• This is not a written form, though some people, in the Netherlands and Flanders, pronounce "niet" as "nie". There is almost no difference about informal or formal situations – nobody would notice the difference.

§VerbEdit

nie

1. first-person singular present indicative of nier
2. third-person singular present indicative of nier
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of nier
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of nier
5. second-person singular imperative of nier

§EtymologyEdit

From Old High German nio.

§PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /niː/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -iː

§AdverbEdit

nie

1. never

§SynonymsEdit

• niemals
• nimmer

§Derived termsEdit

• nie und nimmer

§External linksEdit

• nie in Duden online

§AnagramsEdit

• ein

§RomanizationEdit

nie

1. rōmaji reading of にえ

§RomanizationEdit

nie

1. Nonstandard spelling of niē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nié.
3. Nonstandard spelling of niě.
4. Nonstandard spelling of niè.

§Usage notesEdit

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

§PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ɲɛ]

• Audio

  (file)

§ParticleEdit

nie

1. Negation particle for nouns; no
2. Negation particle for verbs and participles; not, don't, didn't

§Related termsEdit

• nie-

§External linksEdit

• “nie” in Polish dictionaries at PWN

§VerbEdit

nie

1. obsolete spelling of nije