naif

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See also: naïf

English

Adjective

naif (comparative naifer, superlative naifest)

  1. Alternative spelling of naïf.

Noun

naif (plural naifs)

  1. Alternative spelling of naïf.

Anagrams

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English naive, from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nātīvus (“native, natural”). Doublet of natif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Rhymes: -aif, -if
  • Hyphenation: na‧if

Adjective

naif (Jawi spelling ناءيف)

  1. naive

Affixations

Further reading

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French naïf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈif/
  • Rhymes: -if
  • Syllabification: na‧if

Adjective

naif m or f (masculine and feminine plural naifs)

  1. naive

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

From French naïf, from Latin nativus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.if/
  • Hyphenation: na‧if

Adjective

naif

  1. naive

Declension

Predicative forms of naif
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) naifim naif miyim?
sen (you are) naifsin naif misin?
o (he/she/it is) naif / naiftir naif mi?
biz (we are) naifiz naif miyiz?
siz (you are) naifsiniz naif misiniz?
onlar (they are) naif(ler) naif(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) naiftim naif miydim?
sen (you were) naiftin naif miydin?
o (he/she/it was) naifti naif miydi?
biz (we were) naiftik naif miydik?
siz (you were) naiftiniz naif miydiniz?
onlar (they were) naiftiler naif miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) naifmişim naif miymişim?
sen (you were) naifmişsin naif miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) naifmiş naif miymiş?
biz (we were) naifmişiz naif miymişiz?
siz (you were) naifmişsiniz naif miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) naifmişler naif miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) naifsem naif miysem?
sen (if you) naifsen naif miysen?
o (if he/she/it) naifse naif miyse?
biz (if we) naifsek naif miysek?
siz (if you) naifseniz naif miyseniz?
onlar (if they) naifseler naif miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

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