Scotland · determiner and adverb
nae
No, not any, or none, depending on grammar.
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What nae means
Nae is a Scots negative form used before nouns or in set expressions. It can correspond to no or not any in English.
How it is used
Examples include nae bother, nae chance, and nae money.
- Part of speech
- determiner and adverb
- Pronunciation
- /neː/ or /neɪ/
- Register
- Everyday Scots and informal Scottish speech.
- Variants
- No common variant listed
Examples
Each example is followed by its intended plain-English meaning.
There’s nae milk left.
There is no milk left.
Nae bother, I’ll do it.
No problem, I will do it.
What to watch for
Scots negative grammar varies by region; nae, no, and dinnae are not interchangeable in every sentence.
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