See quid ni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "Naturally I think so.",
"text": "Quid egō nī ita cēnseam?",
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"english": "How couldn't I cry!",
"text": "Quid egō nī fleam!",
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"ref": "160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 651",
"text": "– Obsecrō, nōn? an illam hinc abdūcet, pater?\n– Quid illam nī abdūcat.\nTranslation by John Barsby\n– No, for goodness’ sake? Is he going to take her away, father?\n– Of course he is."
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"ref": "163 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 906",
"text": "– Hem, Clīnia haec fierī vidēbat?\n– Quid nī? Mēcum ūnā simul.\n– Well, did Clinia see all this going on?\n– What do you think? Him and me both."
},
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"ref": "c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 651",
"text": "– Omnem rem tenēs?\n– Quid ego nī teneam?\n– You understand the whole affair?\n– What's there to not understand?"
},
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"english": "Translation by Donald A. Russell\nI am of course happy to admit—indeed, I should positively contend that […]",
"ref": "c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 2.5.26",
"text": "[…] quidnī libenter nōn concesserim modo, vērum etiam contenderim."
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"ref": "161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Phormio 813",
"text": "– Hanc igitur mittimus? – Quidnī? – Illa maneat? – Sīc.\n– So we let this one go? – You bet. – And that one can stay? – Yep."
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"english": "How couldn't I cry!",
"text": "Quid egō nī fleam!",
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"text": "– Obsecrō, nōn? an illam hinc abdūcet, pater?\n– Quid illam nī abdūcat.\nTranslation by John Barsby\n– No, for goodness’ sake? Is he going to take her away, father?\n– Of course he is."
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"ref": "163 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 906",
"text": "– Hem, Clīnia haec fierī vidēbat?\n– Quid nī? Mēcum ūnā simul.\n– Well, did Clinia see all this going on?\n– What do you think? Him and me both."
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"ref": "c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 651",
"text": "– Omnem rem tenēs?\n– Quid ego nī teneam?\n– You understand the whole affair?\n– What's there to not understand?"
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"english": "Oh! Why not? If it's all part of the plan to fool me.",
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"ref": "161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Phormio 813",
"text": "– Hanc igitur mittimus? – Quidnī? – Illa maneat? – Sīc.\n– So we let this one go? – You bet. – And that one can stay? – Yep."
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