Infinitive
nei
Forms
Tenses
| Present | neas |
| Past | neis |
| Future | neos |
| Conditional | neus |
| Imperative | neu! |
Participles
| Active past | neinta |
| Active present | neanta |
| Active future | neonta |
| Passive past | neita |
| Passive present | neta |
| Passive future | neota |
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Latin nebor.
3. Latin nōn
4. Old French ne
5. Middle French ne
6. French nebor.
7. Proto-Indo-European *né
8. Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne
9. Proto-Slavic *ne
10. Russian не (ne)bor.
11. ▲
12. Proto-Slavic *ne
13. Old Polish nie
14. Polish niebor.
15. Russian нет (net)bor.
16. Esperanto ne
17. Proto-Italic *-jezi
18. ▲
19. Latin -ereinflu.
20. Latin -īre
21. French -irbor.?
22. ▲
23. Latin -īre
24. Spanish -irbor.?
25. Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.
26. Latin -īre
27. Old Galician-Portuguese -ir
28. Portuguese -irbor.?
29. ▲
30. Latin -ire
31. Italian -irebor.?
32. ▲
33. Latin -iō
34. Romanian -ibor.?
35. Esperanto -i
36. Esperanto nei
37. From ne (“no”) + -i (infinitive verb suffix).
Sample Sentences
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nei demandon / nei al demando (to say no to a question)
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Ŝi neis per kapskuo. (She replied no with a shake of the head.)
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nei la ekziston de Dio (to deny the existence of God)
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Oni simple ne povas nei faktojn. (You simply can't deny facts.)
Translations
deny, to assert that something is not true