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нигде

Translation of нигде

nowhere

Meaning of нигде

Russian

Ни в каком месте.

English

not in or to any place

нигде

Transcription and pronunciation of нигде

нигде́

stress on the 2nd syllable

Transcription
[nʲɪɡˈdʲe]
In Latin letters
nigde

Traps and common mistakes

Нигде or никуда?

никуда

никуда = to no place (where to?)

Don't mix them up. Being somewhere — нигде; going somewhere — никуда: «Я никуда не иду».

Сегодня я никуда не пойду.

I'm not going anywhere today.

Этой книги нигде нет в продаже.

You can't buy this book anywhere.

Я нигде был or я нигде не был?

я нигде не был

нигде needs не before the verb

Don't say я нигде был. Say я нигде не был. Russian uses a double negative.

Летом я нигде не был.

I went nowhere this summer.

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Translate these short sentences from English into Russian using the word you are learning. Then open one possible answer and compare it with yours. This is practice, not a test.

  1. My keys were nowhere to be found.

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    Моих ключей нигде не было.

  2. Nowhere else in town sells such good bread.

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    Нигде больше в городе не продают такой хороший хлеб.

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Questions about this word

What does нигде mean?

not in or to any place

How do you pronounce нигде?

нигде is pronounced [nʲɪɡˈdʲe], in Latin letters “nigde”.

How is нигде used in a sentence?

My keys were nowhere to be found. Translation: Моих ключей нигде не было.

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