Hyphenation: nai‧ja
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | nain |
| Sg.2 | nait |
| Sg.3 | naip |
| Pl.1 | naimma |
| Pl.2 | naitta |
| Pl.3 | naivat; naijaa |
| Impersonal | naijaa |
Imperfect
| Sg.1 | nain |
| Sg.2 | nait |
| Sg.3 | nai |
| Pl.1 | naimma |
| Pl.2 | naitta |
| Pl.3 | naivat; naitii |
| Impersonal | naitii |
Conditional
| Sg.1 | naisin |
| Sg.2 | naisit |
| Sg.3 | nais |
| Pl.1 | naisimma |
| Pl.2 | naisitta |
| Pl.3 | naisiit; naisivat; naitais |
| Impersonal | naitais |
Potential
| Sg.1 | nainen |
| Sg.2 | nainet |
| Sg.3 | nainoo |
| Pl.1 | nainemma |
| Pl.2 | nainetta |
| Pl.3 | nainoot |
| Impersonal | naitanoo |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | naist; nai |
| Sg.3 | naikoo |
| Pl.2 | naikaa |
| Pl.3 | naikoot |
| Impersonal | naitakoo |
Infinitives
| I Infinitive | naija |
| II Infinitive, inessive | naijees |
| II Infinitive, instructive | naijen |
| III Infinitive, illative | naimaa |
| III Infinitive, inessive | naimaas |
| III Infinitive, elative | naimast |
| III Infinitive, abessive | naimata |
| IV Infinitive, nominative | naimiin |
| IV Infinitive, partitive | naimista; naimist |
Participles
| Active Present | naiva |
| Passive Present | naitava |
| Active Past | naint; nainut |
| Passive Past | naitu |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *naidak. Cognates include Finnish naida and Estonian naida. See: Finnish with old forms '
naida', Estonian '
naima'.
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