Please translate " Nor can anyone else I know ".

Question

" Nor can anyone else I know ".

As in - I can not do that. " Neither can anyone else I know ".

Answer 1

OK. I gave everyone the weekend off.

My question is; Please translate: " Nor can anyone else I know ".

As in - I can not do that, Nor can anyone else I know.

I mistakenly put my question in the Answer area. Sorry. - Pastahead, Oct 15, 2009

Answer 2

HI pasta, on this forum all responses to a thread, like this one, are linked to a mail you get to your e-mail address you have registered with. It is a no-reply address, as you are just advised by the site that there is a response on the thread.So, if your question is, is there a difference in Spanish if you say nor or neither, well , no, as there is no difference, we say:

neither nor: ni-ni

Ni yo lo sé, ni nadie que yo conozca.

Literally:

Neither I know it, nor nobody that I know

In this case the word "else" would not even be translated.

Janice, look at thsi answer, ni---ni is the equivalent of neither---nor - 00494d19, Oct 10, 2009

Thank you. I lost my "always-wobbly" Internet connection when I first saw your response. I will hope to have the chance to use this new "ni ni" in my next "MeetUp" conversaton group. - Janice, Oct 10, 2009

Answer 3

Well, for the sake of Janice, let me give you the sentence in Spanish too, as I am not sure what exactly pasta was asking:

Ni lo sabe hacer nadie más que yo conozca.

Oh...I would have gotten it wrong. "Ni" is brand new for me:-) - Janice, Oct 10, 2009

Answer 4

Oh...I also misunderstood. Your use of "nor" is perfectly good! But I thought you might want some written confirmation, as from a dictionary and so I found this for you:

nor? –conjunction

1. (used in negative phrases, esp. after neither, to introduce the second member in a series, or any subsequent member): Neither he nor I will be there. They won't wait for you, nor for me, nor for anybody.

2. (used to continue the force of a negative, as not, no, never, etc., occurring in a preceding clause): He left and I never saw him again, nor did I regret it.

Whoops...you hardly needed this confirmation of what you knew....But now I really do not understand the intent of your original question. - Janice, Oct 10, 2009

Answer 5

If the question is for the English expresion:

Neither can anyone else.... is the correct answer

Not necessarily, Heidita....please see my response, "nor" is OFTEN used simply to continue the force of a negative...I use "nor" often this way. - Janice, Oct 10, 2009

Answer 6

Heidita, I don't know how you are emailing me, as your emails come to me with a ' No Reply " email address. No, I'm learning Spanish.

I was wondering if it would be easier to say " Neither can anyone else I know ", rather than " Nor can anyone else I know ".

Thank you, Pasta

Answer 7

Ohh, I am sorry, pasta, I misunderstood, so you are learning English?

Answer 8

Hello and thank you Heidita. Would it be better or more proper to say - " Neither can anyone else I know ".

Thank you, Pasta

Answer 9

HI pasta, welcome to the forum

else is translated as "más"

nadie más, nobody else

try your sentence and I will proofread it for you

I have checked to follow the question, made my own attempt and am excitedly waiting to hear back from Pastahead and then to compare what I might have suggested with your answer, Heidita!! - Janice, Oct 10, 2009

Hello and thank you Heidita. Would it be better or more proper to say - " Neither can anyone else I know ". - Pastahead, Oct 10, 2009