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nu
no /nu/
adverb#3 most common
Also: not
Example sentences
Nu, mulțumesc.
No, thank you.
Nu am timp acum.
I don't have time now.
Nu cred că el are dreptate.
I don't think he is right.
Nu numai că a întârziat, dar a și uitat cheile acasă.
Not only was he late, but he also forgot the keys at home.
Nu-mi vine să cred că am câștigat.
I can't believe that we won.
N-ar fi trebuit să nu-i spunem adevărul de la început.
We shouldn't have failed to tell her the truth from the start.
Word family
Etymology
Nu comes from Latin non, the standard negator of classical and popular Latin. Non itself grew from an older phrase meaning roughly not one, built on the negative particle ne. Romanian kept the word almost unchanged while shedding the final consonant, unlike its Western Romance sisters, which mostly reduced it to a single vowel.
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