13.4. Negative Words

13.4.1. Negative Adverbs

Non	No / Not
Né	Neither / Nor
Jamàis / Nunca	Never
Altronón	Neither / Either
En absoluto / Per necausa / De lo toto	Not at all / At all
Non plus	No longer / Not anymore
Ja non	No longer / Not anymore
Non ancora	Not yet
Né menos	Not even

13.4.2. Negative Adjectives

Necuno / Necún	No / Not one
Differènte / Divèrso	Different
Menos (INVARIABLE)	Fewer / Less

“Alcuno” in a Negative Sense

The indefinite adjective of "alcuno", which is the counterpart of "necuno", can have a negative sense in some Romance languages.

In Spanish, when "alguno" goes after the noun, it takes on a negative meaning.

No hay justificación alguna. / No hay ninguna justificación.	There is no justification.

That being said, in Spanish this use is more formal and less common compared to using "ninguna" before the noun.

In Italian, the cognate "alcuno" can have both a positive meaning (equivalent to "qualche" in the sense of "some" when used in a positive sense) and a negative meaning (like the Italian word "nessuno" in negative sentences).

Non c'è alcun problema. / Non c'è nessun problema. / Non c'è problema.	There is no problem.

In Italian, "alcun" could even go after the noun like in Spanish. However, this is hardly done anymore compared to using "alcun" or "nessun" before the noun.

In French, the cognate "aucun" is always negative, be it as an indefinite adjective (ex: Je n'en ai aucune idée.) or indefinite pronoun (ex: Aucun de mes amis). In fact, in informal speech, the indefinite adjective "ne", meaning "not", is dropped (ex: J'en ai aucune idée.)

In regards to Neolatin, "necuno" is the most unambiguous and preferred adjective. However, in line with the diversity of Romance languages, some may want to use "alcuno" in a negative sense at times.

13.4.3. Negative Indefinite Pronouns

Necausa	Nothing / Anything
Necuno	Nobody / No one / Anyone

13.4.4. Negative Conjunctions

Mais plus tòsto / Si non	But rather
Per non parlare de... / Sene mentionare...	Not to mention
Molto menos	Much less / Let alone
Né...né...	Neither...nor...

13.4.5. Negative Prepositions

Excèpto	Except
Salvo	Save for
Menos	Minus
Ad parte (de)	Apart from
Oltra / De plus de	Beyond
Contrario ad / Ad lo contrario de	Contrary to
En contrasto con / Contrariamente de	In contrast to
Ad differèntia de	Unlike
Per manca de	For a lack of
Ad excèptione de	With the exception of
En vece de	Instead of
En lòco de	In place of
En oppositione ad	As opposed to