ni

/ˈni/, [ˈni]

neither, ni, nor


Conjunction ni

  1. (coordinating) neither... nor
    Ni Juan, ni Pedro ni Felipe te darán la razón.
    Neither John, nor Peter, nor Phillip will give you the reason.
  2. nor, or
    No descansa de día ni de noche.
    He doesn't rest at day or at night.

Adverb ni

  1. not even, even
    No descansaba ni por un minuto
    I didn't rest even for a minute.

Noun ni f (plural níes)

  1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Tom no puede escribir ni su propio nombre.

    Tom can't even write his own name.

  • Yo no quiero ni tu oro ni tu plata.

    I don't want your gold or your silver.

  • Ellos no usan sillas ni mesas.

    They don't use chairs or tables.

  • El miedo no puede existir sin la esperanza, ni la esperanza sin el miedo.

    Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

  • Él no ha hecho una grabación ni ha realizado un concierto por muchos años.

    He hasn't made a record or had a concert for many years.

  • Me di cuenta de que no quería pasar ni un sólo momento más manejando ese problema.

    I realized that I didn't want to spend any more time dealing with that problem.

  • La educación es aprender lo que ni siquiera sabías que no sabías.

    Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.

  • Jane no tenía idea de cuando ni a donde dirigirse.

    Jane was quite at a loss when and where to go.

  • Tom no tiene hermanos ni hermanas.

    Tom doesn't have any brothers and sisters.

  • Es mejor no decir nada ni de él ni de ella.

    It's better not to say anything about her to him.

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