ni ir ni venir
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “neither go nor come”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ni ir ni venir (impersonal, third-person singular present ni va ni viene, third-person singular preterite ni fue ni vino, past participle ni ido ni venido)
- (impersonal, idiomatic) to be neither here nor there; to have nothing to do with it
- Ni me va ni me viene si hablan de mi
- I don't care in the slightest whether they talk about me
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of ni ir ni venir (irregular; impersonal; non-alternating or e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | ni ir ni venir | ||||||
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gerund | ni yendo ni viniendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | ni ido ni venido | — | |||||
plural | — | — | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | — | — | ni va ni viene | — | — | — | |
imperfect | — | — | ni iba ni venía | — | — | — | |
preterite | — | — | ni fue ni vino | — | — | — | |
future | — | — | ni irá ni vendrá | — | — | — | |
conditional | — | — | ni iría ni vendría | — | — | — | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | — | — | ni vaya ni venga | — | — | — | |
imperfect (ra) |
— | — | ni fuera ni viniera | — | — | — | |
imperfect (se) |
— | — | ni fuese ni viniese | — | — | — | |
future1 | — | — | ni fuere ni viniere | — | — | — | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | ||
negative | — | — | — | — | — |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.