Difference between Russian Expressions ни разу and не раз

August 14, 2018 | Tags: Russian vocabulary

Did you know that the Russian expressions ни разу and не раз have  opposite meanings, although they seem very similar? Ни разу means “never, not once”, it is a synonym of никогда (never). However, не раз means “more than once”.

For example,

  1. Я ни разу не был в Греции. I have never been to Greece.
  2. Я не раз видела этого человека в метро. I have seen this person many times (more than once) in the metro.

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