Do Not, Another Way: ne timeas

Do Not: Ne Timeas

Level 5

Ne timeas: do not be afraid.

How It Works

Way	Latin	English
ne and the present subjunctive	Ne timeas.	Do not be afraid.
ne and the perfect subjunctive	Ne timueris.	Do not be afraid.
noli and the infinitive	Noli timere.	Do not be afraid.
to several people	Ne timeatis.	Do not be afraid, all of you.

Prose uses the subjunctive or noli. Ne with a plain command, as in ne time, is mostly a poet's form.

The same ne works with the first person (Ne dormiamus, let us not sleep) and the third person. The first conjugation has -es (ne ames), and the other conjugations add -as to their stem (ne habeas, ne ducas, ne audias).

Examples (5)

Ne timeas, Maria.
Do not be afraid, Maria.
Luke 1:30. Ne with the present subjunctive timeas forbids a second person singular.
Ne timueris, Iulia.
Do not be afraid, Iulia.
Ne with the perfect subjunctive is the classical form of the same prohibition.
Ne curras, puer!
Do not run, boy!
Curras is the present subjunctive of curro.
Ne timeatis, amici.
Do not be afraid, friends.
Timeatis is the plural, for several people.
Ne dormiamus.
Let us not sleep.
Ne also forbids in the first person plural.

Common Mistakes

Using non with the subjunctive to forbid.
Non timeas, Maria.
Ne timeas, Maria.
A prohibition takes ne, never non.

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Learn This First

Ne with the subjunctive is another way to say do not, so let us, noli and the perfect subjunctive come first.

Commands: ama!, amate!
The plain command.
Level 2

Words in This Pattern

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