Kilo Lingo

/ni/

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Translation

neither, nor

Word origin

Negative coordinating conjunction, from Latin nec ('and not, nor').

Origin
Latin
Root
nec

Examples

.

He drinks neither coffee nor tea in the morning.

.

Neither you nor I can change that.

' l' .

She has neither the time nor the energy for that.

l' .

He drinks neither wine nor beer since last year.

' assisté .

Neither she nor her brother attended the party.

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This word is part of lesson 7.