Multiple Negatives in Russian

Oct 16, 2013, 11:09 PM

Unlike in English, in Russian multiple negatives is often compulsory. In many cases you should put more than one negative word or/and particle to build a correct negative sentence. Wikipedia gives a brilliant example of multiple negatives: “Никто никогда никому ничего не прощает” (No-one ever forgives anyone for anything). Negative word here is не, and negative particle is ни that goes with literally every word in this sentence.