Meaning

1 senses

  1. (epicene, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third person)Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they.

Examples

24 sentences

  1. Mary is a naïve young actress.

    Мері — наївна молода акторка. — deniko

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  2. I'm not that naïve.

    Я не настільки наївний. — deniko

    ruЯ не настолько наивен. — marafon

    deSo naiv bin ich nicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom was naïve, but smart.

    Том був наївним, але розумним. — Ahha

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  4. I'm surprised that you're so naïve.

    Я здивований, що ти такий наївний. — ChickenKiev

    ruУдивительно, что Вы такой наивный. — marafon

    deIch bin überrascht, dass du so naiv bist. — MUIRIEL

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  5. Tom is unbelievably naïve.

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Origin

First proposed by Philologus in the July 1864 Ladies' Repository, with possessive vis and

First proposed by Philologus in the July 1864 Ladies' Repository, with possessive vis and objective vim, as an alternative to using "he or she," singular they, or one in sentences without a specified gender. In 1970, Varda One proposed ve, vis and objective ver in a feminist article titled "Manglish." Greg Egan used the pronouns throughout the novels Distress (1995) and Diaspora (1998).

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Forms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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