Т-169

HE ТОТ AdjP modif or subj-compl with copula ( subj: any common noun))

1. not identical or similar to the specified or implied person or thing, or to what one or it was like at an earlier time: (quite) different

not the same (in limited contexts) not the NP one (it) once was not what (like) one (it) used to be

не те времена = times have changed.

(Маша:) Он (мой муж) казался мне тогда ужасно учёным, умным и важным. А теперь уж не то, к сожалению (Чехов 5). (М.:) In those days he (my husband) seemed to me terribly learned, clever, and important. But now, unfortunately, it is different (5a).

...Россия уже не та. Выдают чугун Магнитка и Кузнецк... построены первые советские блюминги (Рыбаков 2)—Russia was not the country she once was. They were already turning out cast-iron at Magnitogorsk and Kuznetsk...and the first Soviet rolling-mills had been built (2a).

2. unsuitable

not right

(all) wrong not the right NP

. (Таня:) Что ж... Я пойду... (Колесов:) Извините, Таня. Но сами видите - не та обстановка. Возможно, ещё увидимся... (Вампилов 3). (Т.:) Oh well... I'd better be off... (K.:) I'm sorry, Tenia. But you can see for yourself-the setting is all wrong. Maybe we'll meet again (3a).