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==Uralic languages== Double or multiple negatives are grammatically required in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] with negative pronouns: {{lang|hu|Nincs semmim}} (word for word: "[doesn't-exists] [nothing-of-mine]", and translates literally as "I do not have nothing") means "I do not have anything". Negative pronouns are constructed by means of adding the prefixes ''se-,'' ''sem-,'' and ''sen-'' to interrogative pronouns. Something superficially resembling double negation is required also in [[Finnish language|Finnish]], which uses the [[auxiliary verb]] {{lang|fi|ei}} to express negation. Negative pronouns are constructed by adding one of the suffixes ''-an,'' ''-än,'' ''-kaan,'' or ''-kään'' to interrogative pronouns: {{lang|fi|Kukaan ei soittanut minulle}} means "No one called me". These suffixes are, however, never used alone, but always in connection with {{lang|fi|ei}}. This phenomenon is commonplace in Finnish, where many words have alternatives that are required in negative expressions, for example {{lang|fi|edes}} for {{lang|fi|jopa}} ("even"), as in {{lang|fi|jopa niin paljon}} meaning "even so much", and {{lang|fi|ei edes niin paljoa}} meaning "not even so much".
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