No. 181 in Lithuanian

nė

The Lithuanian word "nė" means "not even" or "nor."

In a sentence

Ji nė nežinojo, kad vakar vėlavome.
She didn't even know that we were late yesterday.
In this sentence, 'nė' is used to emphasize total lack or negation in the action.
Jis neatnešė nė vieno pieštuko.
He didn't bring even a single pencil.
Here, 'nė' emphasizes the absence by adding a sense of absolutism to 'vieno' (a single one).
Nė karto nenustojau tikėti savo jėgomis.
I never stopped believing in my strength.
In this context, 'nė' combines with 'kartą' to express a firm negation of repetition or occurrence.

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