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Dictionary > Ni

Word[?]
NI Ni
Word Type[?]
adverb
Pronunciation[?]
/ni/
Official Definition[?]

Not
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(Dialogue File, 000D2DBB)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition[?]

adv. not, no (indicates negative)

Usage[?]

Ni faas, Dovahkiin!
(I do) not fear (you), Dragonborn!
(Odahviing, 000D2DBB)

And he is no fool. Ni mey, rinik gut nol.
Ni mey = “no fool”, Rinik gut nol = “very far from”
(Paarthurnax, 000556DB)

Ni liivrah hin moro.
Do not diminish [wither] your glory.
(Paarthurnax, 0004591A)

Het nok kopraan do Iglif Iiz-Sos, wo grind ok oblaan ni ko morokei vukein, nuz ahst munax haalvut do liiv krasaar.
Here lies the body of Iglif Ice-Blood, who met his end not in glorious combat, but at the cruel touch of the withering sickness.
(Word Wall for Iiz, Ice Form)

Connotations[?]

Broadly used to indicate a negative of any kind. Should be used instead of nid ‘no’ to indicate a negative in phrases such as zu’u ni mey ‘I am no fool’ unless for emphasis.

Etymology[?]
No etymology to note.
Notes[?]

Homophone with pronoun nii ‘it’.