Negative pronouns; structure and spelling

Negative pronouns show that a person, thing, quality, time or amount does not exist at all. They are formed by putting the word “hech” before an interrogative pronoun or the words bir, narsa, nima: hech kim (nobody), hech narsa, hech nima (nothing), hech qachon (never), hech qanday (no kind of), hech qancha (no amount), hech bir (not a single). Since both parts are separate words, they are written separately. In a sentence with such a pronoun the predicate is usually negative: Hech kim javob bermadi (Nobody answered). The case suffix is added to the second part: hech kimga (to nobody), hech narsani (nothing, accusative), hech nimadan (from nothing). In a sentence these pronouns are subjects, objects or attributes.