ついぞ

tsuizo
/tsɯizo/
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With a following negative, not even once up to a given point.

Examples

  • あの約束が果たされる日はついぞ来なかった。
    The day that promise was kept never came.
  • 理由はついぞ聞かされなかった。
    I was never told the reason.
  • 祖父が怒る姿を私はついぞ見たことがない。
    I have never once seen my grandfather angry.
  • 彼女の名前をその村でついぞ耳にしなかった。
    I never once heard her name in that village.
  • その作家にはついぞ会えなかった。
    I never once managed to meet that writer.

Similar words

これまで一度も
いまだかつて

Meanings

Never once

adverb
experience
literary
With a following negative, not even once up to a given point.

Examples

  • その作家にはついぞ会えなかった。
    I never once managed to meet that writer.
  • 祖父が怒る姿を私はついぞ見たことがない。
    I have never once seen my grandfather angry.
  • 理由はついぞ聞かされなかった。
    I was never told the reason.
  • 彼女の名前をその村でついぞ耳にしなかった。
    I never once heard her name in that village.
  • あの約束が果たされる日はついぞ来なかった。
    The day that promise was kept never came.

Similar words

Etymology

From 終 (つい, end) plus the emphatic particle ぞ; the surviving use accompanies negation.

FAQ

What does ついぞ mean?

With a following negative, not even once up to a given point.

How do you read ついぞ?

It is read ついぞ, written tsuizo.

When would you use ついぞ?

This literary adverb normally precedes a negative verb; it cannot make an affirmative sentence mean “ever.”

How is ついぞ different from 一度も?

一度も is an ordinary, neutral “not once”; this has a more literary, retrospective tone.

How does ついぞ change in a sentence?

Invariant adverb, usually followed by a negative form such as ない or なかった.

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