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Negation & Questions
Negative sentences and forming questions
ні...ні
neither...nor
ni...ni
Correlative negation; verb still takes не
ніде, ніколи, ніяк
nowhere, never, no way
nide, nikoly, niyak
Negative adverbs requiring double negation
Я ніколи не був там
I have never been there
ya nikoly ne buv tam
Obligatory double negation: ніколи + не
немає + родовий
there is no + genitive
nemaye
Negation of existence governs the genitive case
У мене немає книги
I don't have a book
u mene nemaye knyhy
Possession negated: книги is genitive
Хіба?
Really? / Is that so?
khiba?
Particle expressing surprise/doubt in questions
Невже?
Surely not? / Really?
nevzhe?
Emphatic question particle expressing disbelief
Чи... чи...
whether... or...
chy... chy...
Alternative question structure
Що це таке?
What is this (exactly)?
shcho tse take?
Emphatic identity question
риторичне питання
rhetorical question
rytorychne pytannya
Questions not expecting an answer, for effect