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Learn Hardcore Latin: nihil - nothing

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 19
/nihil

nihil

Word

nihil

Meaning

nothing

Part of speech

pronoun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of nihil

In foro mater nihil emit, quia non satis argenti in crumena habet.

In the forum mother buys nothing, because she does not have enough money in her purse.

Si nihil in crumena est, a mercatore nihil emere possumus.

If there is nothing in the purse, we can buy nothing from the merchant.

Discipuli dicunt nihil facilius esse quam menda corrigere, si exemplum optimum ante oculos habent.

The students say that nothing is easier than correcting mistakes, if they have the best example before their eyes.

Postea mater domi codicem aperit, titulum legit, et dicit se nihil clarius vidisse.

Afterward mother opens the book at home, reads the title, and says that she has seen nothing clearer.

Mater in foro nihil emit, quia panem nimium constare dicit.

Mother buys nothing in the forum, because she says that bread costs too much.

Mater dicit panem emendum esse, quia nihil in domo est.

Mother says that bread must be bought, because there is nothing in the house.

Puella sine mora dicit se nihil tulisse et fratrem iocum facere solere.

The girl says without delay that she took nothing and that her brother usually plays jokes.

Decem testes idem dicunt: servum innocentem esse et nihil cepisse.

Ten witnesses say the same thing: that the servant is innocent and took nothing.

Magistra dicit discipulam nihil celare debere, si auxilium petere vult.

The teacher says that the student ought to hide nothing if she wants to ask for help.

Magistra non dubitat quin Lucia veritatem dixerit et nihil celaverit.

The teacher does not doubt that Lucia told the truth and hid nothing.

Ego tamen fratri quoque confido, si verum responsum dat et nihil celat.

I nevertheless trust my brother too, if he gives a true answer and hides nothing.

Femina pauper in foro nihil emit, quia non satis argenti in crumena habet.

The poor woman buys nothing in the forum, because she does not have enough money in her purse.

Pauper, quae nihil in crumena habet, panem emere non potest.

The poor woman, who has nothing in her purse, cannot buy bread.

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