No. 34 in Slovenian

niso

"Are not."

In a sentence

Ljudje niso pozabili na dogodek.
People have not forgotten about the event.
In this sentence, 'niso' is used as the third person plural negative form of the verb 'to be' (so biti) in Slovenian, combined with the past participle 'pozabili' to form the negative past tense.
Niso vsi prišli na zabavo.
Not everyone came to the party.
Here, 'niso' negates the statement about 'everyone' (vsih) coming to the party, expressing that the group was not complete.
Študentje niso zadovoljni z rezultati.
The students are not satisfied with the results.
In this case, 'niso' serves to create a negative verb form in the present tense concerning the subject 'students'.

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