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# ne

«ne» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **not** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

not

### part of speech

adverb (French, Russian and Latin "not")

### meaning for a pupil

A word meaning "not" in another language, so it is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/ne/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Not an English word; in the texts it is French, Russian or Latin for "not" and sometimes a name ending.

### examples

- [354] Tak de ego ne vzat'. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/ne/#x1)
- Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/ne/#x2)
- Athene (a-thee'-ne, th as in both), 43. (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/ne/#x3)

### primary record

ne

### tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 66 (Torah 0, tales 64, Sefer Yetzirah 2); EWT 0; ratio 7.5 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

### In the corpora

- [Ne becomes n' before a vowel: je n'aime pas, je n'ai pas; ne and pas go round the verb.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/24-likes-and-dislikes/5/)
- [Ne goes before the verb and pas after it: je n'aime pas, il n'est pas là.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/30-questions-and-simple-sentences/10/)
- [tak means yes, to anyone; ne tak means «not like that» or «wrong».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/2-goodbyes-coming-in-yes-and-no/12/)
- [nE-a is a casual nope between kids, and to adults it can sound rude.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/2-goodbyes-coming-in-yes-and-no/15/)
- [ne znAyu means I don't know, often said with a shrug; ne means not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/4-i-dont-understand-whats-your-name/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ne» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/ne/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.