neviens

In a sentence

• Neviens nav ieradies uz sanāksmi.

  No one has arrived at the meeting.

  Here, 'neviens' functions as a pronoun meaning 'no one', expressing the absence of any person in the subject position.

• Es nevaru atrast nevienu piemērotu dāvanu.

  I cannot find any suitable gift.

  In this sentence, 'nevienu' is the accusative singular form of 'neviens', used as a pronoun meaning 'any one', referring to the lack of finding anything fitting as a gift.

• Vai neviens nezināja par šo notikumu?

  Did nobody know about this event?

  Here, 'neviens' is again used as a pronoun in a question, meaning 'nobody', emphasizing that no person was aware of the event.