Translation
not
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Examples
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He is not coming.
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This is not true.
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Not everyone thinks the same.
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I have not received the letter.
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He not only said it but actually did it.
The plain negative, and the one to reach for by default. It sits immediately in front of the word it denies, which is usually the verb, and unlike English it needs no auxiliary: "non venit" is "he does not come", with nothing standing in for "does".
Move it and you change the scope of the denial. "Non omnes venerunt" is "not everyone came", while "omnes non venerunt" would deny it of every single one. Latin also has "ne" for prohibitions and purpose clauses and "nec" for "and not", and it does not stack negatives the way English does: two negatives in a Latin sentence cancel, so "non nemo" means "somebody".
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Latin Conditional Sentences: si, nisi and the Subjunctive
Latin Connectors: tamen, quamquam, ergo, igitur and autem
Latin Fearing Clauses: timeo ne, timeo ut and ne non
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Latin Imperative: Commands like dic, fac, venite
Latin Imperfect Tense: -bam, -bas, -bat and eram
Latin Indirect Commands: ut and ne with the Subjunctive
Latin Indirect Questions: Question Word plus Subjunctive
Latin Infinitives and Indirect Statement: dicit regem venire
Latin Interjections and Conversation Words: heus, ecce, edepol
Latin Question Words: quis, quid, ubi, cur
Latin ipse, idem and iste: Himself, the Same, That of Yours
Latin Irregular Verbs: sum, possum, eo, fero, volo, nolo, malo
Latin Mass Responses: The Full Text, With Literal English
Latin Phrases Used in English: 30 You Already Say
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Latin Participles: amans, amatus, amaturus
The Pater Noster: the Our Father in Latin, Word by Word
Latin Principal Parts: Why Verbs Have Four Forms
Latin Pronouns Chart: ego, is, hic, ille and qui
Latin Purpose, Result and cum Clauses: ut, ne and cum
Latin Slang: How Romans Actually Spoke
The Latin Subjunctive: amet, amaret, sit, esset
The Latin Third Declension: rex, corpus, urbs, mare
Latin Verb Endings Chart: -o, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt
Latin Yes-No Questions: -ne, nonne and num
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 3: non, et, in and 11 more words.