acemi

Turkish

Alternative forms

• acemî (superseded)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عجمی (acemi, “janissary recruit”), from Arabic عَجَمِيّ (ʕajamiyy, “non-Arab, foreigner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑd͡ʒemiː]
• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧mi

Adjective

acemi

1. inexperienced

Declension

Predicative forms of acemi

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	acemiyim	acemi miyim?
sen (you are)	acemisin	acemi misin?
o (he/she/it is)	acemi / acemidir	acemi mi?
biz (we are)	acemiyiz	acemi miyiz?
siz (you are)	acemisiniz	acemi misiniz?
onlar (they are)	acemi(ler)	acemi(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	acemiydim	acemi miydim?
sen (you were)	acemiydin	acemi miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	acemiydi	acemi miydi?
biz (we were)	acemiydik	acemi miydik?
siz (you were)	acemiydiniz	acemi miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	acemiydiler	acemi miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	acemiymişim	acemi miymişim?
sen (you were)	acemiymişsin	acemi miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	acemiymiş	acemi miymiş?
biz (we were)	acemiymişiz	acemi miymişiz?
siz (you were)	acemiymişsiniz	acemi miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	acemiymişler	acemi miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	acemiysem	acemi miysem?
sen (if you)	acemiysen	acemi miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	acemiyse	acemi miyse?
biz (if we)	acemiysek	acemi miysek?
siz (if you)	acemiyseniz	acemi miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	acemiyseler	acemi miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Noun

acemi (definite accusative acemiyi, plural acemiler)

1. beginner

Declension

Declension of acemi

singular plural nominative acemi acemiler definite accusative acemiyi acemileri dative acemiye acemilere locative acemide acemilerde ablative acemiden acemilerden genitive aceminin acemilerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular acemim acemilerim 2nd singular acemin acemilerin 3rd singular acemisi acemileri 1st plural acemimiz acemilerimiz 2nd plural aceminiz acemileriniz 3rd plural acemileri acemileri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular acemimi acemilerimi 2nd singular acemini acemilerini 3rd singular acemisini acemilerini 1st plural acemimizi acemilerimizi 2nd plural aceminizi acemilerinizi 3rd plural acemilerini acemilerini dative singular plural 1st singular acemime acemilerime 2nd singular acemine acemilerine 3rd singular acemisine acemilerine 1st plural acemimize acemilerimize 2nd plural aceminize acemilerinize 3rd plural acemilerine acemilerine locative singular plural 1st singular acemimde acemilerimde 2nd singular aceminde acemilerinde 3rd singular acemisinde acemilerinde 1st plural acemimizde acemilerimizde 2nd plural aceminizde acemilerinizde 3rd plural acemilerinde acemilerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular acemimden acemilerimden 2nd singular aceminden acemilerinden 3rd singular acemisinden acemilerinden 1st plural acemimizden acemilerimizden 2nd plural aceminizden acemilerinizden 3rd plural acemilerinden acemilerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular acemimin acemilerimin 2nd singular aceminin acemilerinin 3rd singular acemisinin acemilerinin 1st plural acemimizin acemilerimizin 2nd plural aceminizin acemilerinizin 3rd plural acemilerinin acemilerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular acemiyim acemilerim 2nd singular acemisin acemilersin 3rd singular acemi acemidir acemiler acemilerdir 1st plural acemiyiz acemileriz 2nd plural acemisiniz acemilersiniz 3rd plural acemiler acemilerdir

References

• “acemi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu