Word
На диком острове я ни с кем не разговариваю, но у меня нет паники.
Meaning
On the wild island I talk to no one, but I have no panic.
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Breakdown of На диком острове я ни с кем не разговариваю, но у меня нет паники.
не
not
я
I
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
меня
me
Questions & Answers about На диком острове я ни с кем не разговариваю, но у меня нет паники.
Why is the phrase written as ни с кем instead of с никем?
When a negative pronoun like никто (nobody) is used with a preposition like с (with), the preposition steps right into the middle and splits the pronoun. So, instead of с никем, the parts separate to form ни с кем.
Why do we have both ни с кем (with nobody) and не разговариваю (do not talk)?
Russian uses a double negative. Whenever you use a negative pronoun (like nobody, nothing, or nowhere), you must also make the verb negative by adding не. Literally, you are saying 'I with nobody do not talk.'
Why is the word кем used in the middle of ни с кем?
кем is the Instrumental case form of кто (who). The preposition с (when it means 'with') requires the Instrumental case. So 'with who' is с кем, and 'with nobody' becomes ни с кем.
Why does паника (panic) change to паники at the end of the sentence?
The word нет (there is no) always requires the following noun to be in the Genitive case. For feminine nouns ending in -а like паника, the Genitive ending is -и, giving us паники.