I didn't see anything!

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I didn't see anything!

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:eng: I didn't see anything!
:esp: No vi nada!

:con: Amjati: Zesu ni etj esuer!
z-esu ni eʨ esuer
1-see.PST to NEG nothing
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:eng: I didn't see anything!
:esp: No vi nada!

:con: Amjati: Zesu ni etj esuer!
z-esu ni eʨ esuer
1-see.PST to NEG nothing

:con: Feayran: Hí thunvúsovuzhe!
hí th<u-n-v-ú-s.o-v<u>>zhe
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:eng: I didn't see anything!

:esp: No vi nada!
:fra: Je n'ai rien vu!

:roc: 我沒看到什麽！

:con: Amjati: Zesu ni etj esuer!
z-esu ni eʨ esuer
1-see.PST to NEG nothing

:con: Feayran: Hí thunvúsovuzhe!
hí th<u-n-v-ú-s.o-v<u>>zhe
any see<LEAD-NEG-STAT-TR-CLS(abstract).INAN.S-1<LOC.LEAD>>
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:eng: I didn't see anything!
:deu: Ich sah nichts! / Ich hab' nichts gesehen!

:esp: No vi nada!
:fra: Je n'ai rien vu!

:roc: 我沒看到什麽！

:con: Amjati: Zesu ni etj esuer!
z-esu ni eʨ esuer
1-see.PST to NEG nothing

:con: Feayran: Hí thunvúsovuzhe!
hí th<u-n-v-ú-s.o-v<u>>zhe
any see<LEAD-NEG-STAT-TR-CLS(abstract).INAN.S-1<LOC.LEAD>>
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:eng: I didn't see anything!
:deu: Ich sah nichts! / Ich hab' nichts gesehen!

:esp: No vi nada!
:fra: Je n'ai rien vu!

:sme: Mun in oidnan maidege.

:roc: 我沒看到什麽！

:con: Amjati: Zesu ni etj esuer!
z-esu ni eʨ esuer
1-see.PST to NEG nothing

:con: Feayran: Hí thunvúsovuzhe!
hí th<u-n-v-ú-s.o-v<u>>zhe
any see<LEAD-NEG-STAT-TR-CLS(abstract).INAN.S-1<LOC.LEAD>>
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:eng: I didn't see anything!
:deu: Ich sah nichts! / Ich hab' nichts gesehen!

:lat: Nihil vidi!
:esp: No vi nada!
:fra: Je n'ai rien vu!

:rus: Я ничего не видел(а).

:sme: Mun in oidnan maidege.

:roc: 我沒看到什麽！

:con: Amjati: Zesu ni etj esuer!
z-esu ni eʨ esuer
1-see.PST to NEG nothing

:con: Feayran: Hí thunvúsovuzhe!
hí th<u-n-v-ú-s.o-v<u>>zhe
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:eng: I didn't see anything!
:deu: Ich sah nichts! / Ich hab' nichts gesehen!
:nor: Jeg så ikke noe!/Jeg så ingenting!

:fin: En nähnyt mitään!

:lat: Nihil vidi!
:esp: No vi nada!
:fra: Je n'ai rien vu!

:rus: Я ничего не видел(а).
:pol: Nie widziałem nic!

:sme: Mun in oidnan maidege.

:roc: 我沒看到什麽！

:con: Amjati: Zesu ni etj esuer!
z-esu ni eʨ esuer
1-see.PST to NEG nothing

:con: Feayran: Hí thunvúsovuzhe!
hí th<u-n-v-ú-s.o-v<u>>zhe
any see<LEAD-NEG-STAT-TR-CLS(abstract).INAN.S-1<LOC.LEAD>>
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:eng: I didn't see anything!
:deu: Ich sah nichts! / Ich hab' nichts gesehen!
:nor: Jeg så ikke noe!/Jeg så ingenting!

:fin: En nähnyt mitään!

:lat: Nihil vidi!
:esp: No vi nada!
:fra: Je n'ai rien vu!

:rus: Я ничего не видел(а).
:pol: Nie widziałem nic!

:sme: Mun in oidnan maidege.

:roc: 我沒看到什麽！

:con: Amjati: Zesu ni etj esuer!
z-esu ni eʨ esuer
1-see.PST to NEG nothing

:con: Feayran: Hí thunvúsovuzhe!
hí th<u-n-v-ú-s.o-v<u>>zhe
any see<LEAD-NEG-STAT-TR-CLS(abstract).INAN.S-1<LOC.LEAD>>
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:con: Kankonian: Is os emen eilag! / Is emen akh!
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I didn't see anything!

:con: Selinki

Je mizoviol mizczeny!
[je miz"o:viol mizts`en}:]
I NEG-see-PST.1SG NEG-what-ACC
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:eng: I didn't see anything!

:con: Zidhgebzhail

vil boitef gAin
I saw nothing

vil beilef gAinoi
I didn't see anything

vil boitef gAinoi
I didn't see nothing (the double-negative makes the assertion more emphatic)
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v-il boit-ef g-Ai-n
1-ERG.SG.M nothing-ACC-SG-M PST-see-SIMPLE

v-il beil-ef g-Ain-oi
1-ERG.SG.M anything-ACC-SG-M PST-see-SIMPLE-NEG-REALIS

v-il boit-ef g-Ain-oi
1-ERG.SG.M nothing-ACC-SG-M PST-see-SIMPLE-NEG_REALIS
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:con: Wateu

Ko ku ne mexe kipe a mai.
PFV NEG INDEF thing see ERG 1s.
'There was nothing that I saw.'
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Kala:

na ke nola anyaye
1SG TOP thing.any to.see.PST
I didn't see anything.
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:con: Unnamed polysynthetic language

mekosked
[mekɔːsked
me-kos-ked
1s-NEG-see
'I didn't see'

I guess predicate negation of this kind would be the most consistent, given the polysynthetic, head-marking nature of the lang.
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:con: Ngolu

kka xevas as ene
be.not be.seen NOM.3s.NSPC.INAN DAT.1s.MASC
I didn't see anything.

kka xeva nas ere
be.not be.seen NOM.1s.MASC DAT.3s.NSPC.INAN
Nothing saw me. (Literally: Anything didn't see me.)

EDIT: Changed *ku to a (necessitating epenthetic s's) and *eki to ere after overhaul of the nominals.
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Fí lé shahövepsat tel.
1SG-NOM.NEG AUX.PAST nothing-ACC.NEG see
I didn't see anything.
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:con: Tirina:

Ton anewo'orda oro!
NEG FEM-see-PST anything
I didn't see anything!

:con: Old Azen:

Kimbyma gørykem!
something-ACC see-PST.1-NEG
I didn't see anything!
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Deghuri:
Khta dzä shan naghe ri.
[xta dzɨ ʃan naɣe ɾi] / [xtaː dza ʃaːn naːɣi ɾiː] depending on whether you want length or quality written
1S.M.ERG PST ABS.PL nothing.ABS.PL see

Amqoli:
Zha khri tso njure.
[ʒa kˣɾi tso ndʒuɾe]
1S.M nothing.PL PST NEG.INAN.TOP-see
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:con: Pazmat:

ūyōya thawivyī!
absence-INDEF.SG-ACC see.PERF-1S

Lit. "I saw an absence", though ūyō can mean "nothing" or "lack" : ūṣrā naraddṃbas ṇzd... "The lack of bodies is strange..." or ūṣrāmi mṛjhvūya awiyot "You can't work with nothing" (though "...without anything" would work, I guess.)
Nūdenku waga honji ma naku honyasi ne ika-ika ichamase!
female-appearance=despite boy-voice=PAT hold boy-youth=TOP very be.cute-3PL
Honyasi zō honyasi ma naidasu.
boy-youth=AGT boy-youth=PAT love.romantically-3S
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:con: Yélian

(Re) yicivatvalai!
[re] [ˌʃkivɐtˈva:l͜ai]
(1SG) PST-nothing-see-1SG.ACT

:con: Utseech
Il hav geeheech garnikş!
[ɪl hav ˈgeːheːç garnikʃ]
1SG AUX-1SG see-PART nothing

I didn't see anything!
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