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ne (kot samostoina nikalnica) no; nay; (navadno pri glagolu) not (npr. nisem I am not)

ne malo not a little
nikakor ne not at all, by no means
gotovo ne! certainly not
še ne not yet
ne več no more, (časovno) no longer
jaz tudi ne (strinjajoč se z nikalnim stavkom) (that goes for) me too!
ne manj kot... no less than...
ne samó... temveč tudi... not only... but also...
kaj ne? isn't it?
mislim, da ne I think not
ne... ne... neither... nor...
če ne if not, unless
če ne vidim pisma, ne verjamem unless I see (ali if I don't see) the letter I shall not believe it
ne da bi jaz vedel not that I know of
odgovoriti da ali ne to answer yea or nay
ne, kaj takega! well I never
reči, odgovoriti ne to answer in the negative, to decline, to refuse
ne morem, da ne bi (rekel) I must (say), I can't help (saying)
Je oče bolan? - Upam, da ne. I Father ill? - I hope not.
on ne govori angleško, jaz tudi ne he does not speak English, nor do I

only² [óunli] prislov
samo, edino

not only ... but (also) ne samo..., temveč tudi
if only ko bi le, samo da
only not skoraj
only just pravkar
only yesterday šele včeraj, še včeraj

samó only, solely, merely; but, nothing but

ne samó..., temveč tudi... not only... but also...
samó in edino simply and solely
samó trenutek, prosim! just a moment, please!
samó on he alone, no one but he, only he
samó počasi, fantje! easy, boys!
samó da... provided (that)...
samó tega ne anything but that
vse, samó ne... everything but, everything except
samó ob torkih only on Tuesdays
samó nekaj minut but a few minutes
samó to pot (tokrat) (for) this once
ne samó on, tudi ti not only he, but you too (ali also)
samó pomislite! just imagine!
samó enkrat sem ga videl I've seen him only once (ali pogovorno only the once)
samó to mislim reči I just want to say this
prijaham, samó da ti povem... I've come here simply to tell you...
gre samó še za tvoj pristanek your consent is all that is wanted
samó sreča nas lahko reši only a stroke of luck can save us
ne samó da je bedast, je tudi prevzeten he is not only stupid, but also proud
rad bi ti pomagal, samó ne vem kako I should like to help you, only I don't see how I can
samó če on ne bi toliko govoril! if only he did not talk so much
samó tole knjigo bom dal na mizo I'll just put this book on the table
samó za minuto se je ustavila, da bi govorila z Janezom she just stopped for a minute to speak to John
povej, kar imaš povedati, samó hitro! say what you have to say, only look sharp about it!
morem ga samó pohvaliti I have nothing but praise for him
samó da ne bi deževalo! let's hope it doesn't rain!
pusti me, da se samó malo odpočijem! just let me rest an instant!, pogovorno just let me get my breath back!

tèmveč (ampak) but

ne samo... tèmveč tudi not only... but also