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shared.vietnamese

không
Meaning: not; no; a negator for verbs and adjectives
Part of Speech: Adverb

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Example sentences

Trời không mưa nên cả nhà vẫn đi bộ đến chợ.
It is not raining, so the whole family is still walking to the market.
Không có dữ liệu dự phòng, việc khôi phục toàn bộ hồ sơ là bất khả.
Without a backup, recovering the entire archive is impossible.
Nếu không có thêm kinh phí, kế hoạch này hoàn toàn bất khả thi.
Without additional funding, this plan is completely infeasible.
Không ai có thể lường trước mọi bất trắc trong cuộc sống.
No one can foresee every difficulty in life.
Không ai có thể tiên đoán chính xác kết quả của trận đấu.
No one can accurately predict the result of the match.

Usage Notes

This common negator usually comes before the verb or adjective it affects. It can also express not at all in emphatic contexts.

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