не делал ничего плохого

didn't do anything wrong

→ не

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didn't do anything wrong Literally, “did nothing bad.” The form делал refers to a male subject; Russian uses не with ничего where English uses “not … anything.”

RU: Я не делал ничего плохого.

EN: I didn't do anything wrong.

Я вам не делал ничего плохого.

I didn't do anything wrong to you.

— Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром! (1976)

Том не делал ничего плохого.

Tom didn't do anything wrong.

Я не делал ничего плохого.

I didn't do anything wrong.