There are much more negative pronouns than listed above. You can make up your own negative pronouns once you know how they are formed. You should be familiar with the interrogative pronouns from our previous lessons. The negative pronouns are formed from the interrogative pronouns with the help of such prefixes as не- and ни-. For example:

Note that не- is always stressed. It is used to negate. On the contrary, the prefix ни- is never stressed. It is used to intensify negation. Here are some examples:

The negative pronouns никто, ничто change by cases like their interrogative counterparts кто, что.

        Change by cases

The negative pronouns некого, нечего do not have the nominative form.

        Change by cases

The negative pronouns никакой, ничей change by gender and number.

These pronouns change by cases the same way as negative pronouns they were formed from.

Change by cases

The pronouns некого, нечего are used in impersonal sentences, i.e. those that do not refer to a particular person or thing. For example:

Нам некого и нечего бояться.
We have nobody and nothing to fear.

When used with prepositions, the negative pronouns fall into two parts. The preposition is to be placed between the particle не or ни and corresponding interrogative pronoun (кого, кем, etc.). For example:

Finally, there are some more examples to demonstrate the stress pattern. Compare the following sentences: