No. 996 in Finnish
eivätkä
"Nor do they" or "and they do not."
In a sentence
He eivät osaa uida eivätkä ajaa pyörällä.
They cannot swim nor ride a bicycle.
In this sentence, 'eivätkä' is used to connect two negative abilities of the subject, meaning 'nor'.
Emmekö nähneet lintua, eivätkä sitä ollut muutkaan huomanneet.
Didn't we see the bird, nor had others noticed it either.
Here, 'eivätkä' continues the negation of the first clause and applies it similarly to the other subject.
Lapset eivät tulleet ajoissa eivätkä kertoneet syytä.
The children did not arrive on time nor did they explain the reason.
In this example, 'eivätkä' links two actions that the subject did not perform.
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