Never in Russian 🇷🇺

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Tips to remember the Russian word:
1. Mnemonic: Think of "never" as "Nick never does anything", where "Nick" will remind you of "ник-" (nik-).
2. Visualization: Visualize a clock with hands stopped at midnight, symbolizing "never moving" – "никогда".
3. Similarity in sound: "Nik" sounds much like "Nick", making it easier to remember as a name and then extending to "never" in Russian.

Explanations:
– "Никогда" (nikogda) in Russian literally translates to "never" in English. It indicates an absence of occurrence at any point in time.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Вовеки (voveki) – an archaic or poetic term meaning "never".
– Никогда-никак (nikogda-nikak) – an emphatic phrase used to stress "absolutely never, in no way".

Alternate meanings like slang:
– There are no common slang uses of "никогда", it usually retains its standard meaning of "never".

Examples of sentences:
1. Она никогда не опаздывает.
– Romanized: Ona nikogda ne opazdyvaet.
– Translation: She is never late.

2. Я никогда не был в Париже.
– Romanized: Ya nikogda ne byl v Parizhe.
– Translation: I have never been to Paris.

3. Он сказал, что никогда больше туда не пойдет.
– Romanized: On skazal, chto nikogda bol'she tuda ne poydet.
– Translation: He said that he would never go there again.

4. Никогда не говори никогда.
– Romanized: Nikogda ne govori nikogda.
– Translation: Never say never.

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