neither
/ˈnʌɪðə/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
neit - her -> neither
(pron) ( နှစ်ဦး ၊ နှစ်ခု အနက်) တစ်ဦး ၊ တစ်ခုမျှ ( သို့ ) ဘယ်သူ ၊ ဘယ်ဟာမျှ ( မဟုတ် ၊ မကြိုက် ၊ မသိ စသည် ) [သော]။ ဘယ်သူ (ကို ၊ က ) မျှ။ ဘယ်ဟာ (ကို ၊ က) မျှ။ (adv) တစ်ဦး၊ ဘယ်သူ
neither /'naÇðǝ(r), 'ni:ðǝ(r)/ indef det, indef pron
(က) (det) (နှစ်ဦး၊ နှစ်ခုအနက်) တစ်ဦး၊ တစ်ခုမျှ (သို့) ဘယ်သူ၊ ဘယ်ဟာမျှ (မဟုတ်၊ မကြိုက်၊ မသိ စသည်) [သော]။ Neither team liked the arrangement. ❍ Neither answer is correct. ❍ Neither Martha nor Jane could comfort me. ❍ Neither one of us could understand German. ❍ (fml) In neither case was a decision reached. (ခ) (pron) ဘယ်သူ (ကို၊ က) မျှ။ ဘယ်ဟာ (ကို၊ က) မျှ။ I chose neither of them. ❍ They produced two reports, neither of which contained any concrete suggestions. ❍ ‘Which is your car?’ ‘ Neither, mine's being repaired. ’
Adv
၁။ … လည်းမ(ကြိုက်)၊ … လည်းမ(ဟုတ်) စသည်။ He doesn't like Beethoven and neither do I. ❍ I haven't been to New York before and neither has my sister. ❍ ‘Did you see it?’ ‘No’ ‘Neither did I. ’
၂။ neither …nor … လည်းမ(…)… လည်းမ(…)။ I neither know nor care what happened to him. ❍ The hotel is neither spacious nor comfortable.
- Adams was not invited, and neither were any of his friends.
- [neither do/can/has etc someone] : ‘I don’t like him.’ ‘Neither do I.’
- ‘Sue can’t swim.’ ‘Neither can Perry.’
- [me neither] : ‘I don’t feel like going to the party.’ ‘Me neither.’
- Neither side trusts the other.
- Neither company could succeed on its own.
- ‘Would you like pork or roast beef?’ ‘Neither.’
- [neither of] : It was an experience that neither of us will ever forget.
- The event was organized by two people, neither of whom is a professional.
- He made us no promises. Neither did we expect him to.
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