ni ir ni venir
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “neither go nor come”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌni ˌiɾ ˌni beˈniɾ/ [ˌni ˌiɾ ˌni β̞eˈniɾ]
- Syllabification: ni ir ni ve‧nir
Verb
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
Conjugation of ni ir ni venir (irregular; impersonal; non-alternating or e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | ni ir ni venir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.