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# ne

«ne» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the first half of the French way to say «not»: «je ne…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (French «ne», part of «ne … pas» = not); abbreviation (NE = north-east) — not an English word

### meaning for a pupil

1) (French) «Ne» is the first half of the French way to say «not»: «je ne sais pas» is «I don't know»; the word goes before the verb and «pas» goes after it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#m1)

2) (abbreviation) «NE» means north-east, the direction halfway between north and east, as on a compass or a map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#m2)

3) It is not an English word on its own; French «ne» sounds like «nuh». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#m3)

4) In Russian, «ne» also means «not», and it goes before the verb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In French lessons pupils learn the negative «ne … pas» (not), «ne … jamais» (never), «ne … plus» (no more) and «ne … rien» (nothing). In everyday spoken French people often drop «ne» and just say «je sais pas». In geography lessons «NE» is a compass point: «the wind blew from the NE».

### examples

- 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/judaism/N/ne/#x1)
- Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et [p. 12] profundissimis sensibus literis commendatus." Johannes Pistorius. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#x2)
- Modern writers are also divided in their opinions concer- ning the age of the Sefer Yetzirah. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#x3)
- «Je ne parle pas allemand» means «I don't speak German». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#x4)
- «Il ne mange jamais de viande» means «he never eats meat». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#x5)
- In fast French, people often leave out «ne». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#x6)
- Before a vowel, «ne» becomes «n'»: «je n'aime pas». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#x7)
- The map showed the town to the NE of the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#x8)
- A compass has N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W and NW. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#x9)
- French «ne» sounds like «nuh». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/ne/#x10)

### note

As a word, French, not English. «Ne» cannot make a sentence negative alone in written French; it needs a partner such as «pas». Before a vowel it becomes «n'». As a direction write «NE» in capitals or «north-east» in full. Do not confuse with «né(e)» (born), as in «née» for a woman's family name at birth.

### 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/judaism/N/ne/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.