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How to use na in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb, interjection

Na means not. Example: “Na, yor wrang.”

Examples of na by meaning

interjectionNo.

  • Na, yor wrang.
  • Na, ye cannet watch telly.
  • “Divn’t yee like milk?” “Na.”

adverbNow; already.

  • You need to sleep na.
  • I have to go na.

adverbIsn't it?

  • It is far na?

More sentences with na

  • The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".From the entry hey
  • "Naïve" takes an umlaut because it is pronounced as two syllables.From the entry umlaut
  • Experience will cure him of his naïveté.From the entry cure
  • (final) attaché, blasé, canapé, cliché, communiqué, entrée, mêlée, fiancé, fiancée, papier-mâché, passé, pâté, plié, résumé, risqué, naïveté, toupée, touché, as well as café, exposé above.From the entry ◌́
  • Basta bilisan mo na riyan." PAKIRAMDAM ni Jhunnica ay inaalat siya nang araw na iyon.2022 May 18, Sonia Francesca, Stallion Series 2: Eneru Villlasis, Precious Pages Corporation, →ISBN. From the entry coaster
  • Consider the following: mína 'eye', mínalbili 'two eyes', mínarri 'eyes' and mínailyarranha 'heaps of eyes'.2020, Ghil‘ad Zuckermann, “Talknology in the Service of the Barngarla Language Reclamation”, in Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli…. From the entry superplural
  • “Their choice of me,” he admitted, “made them seem naïve and a little overdesperate.”2019, Adina Hoffman, Ben Hecht, page 132. From the entry overdesperate
  • At first, Javanka found it heady here, ignoring those who called them naïve and nepotistic.2018 March 31, Maureen Dowd, “Javanka vs. the Klossy Posse”, in The New York Times. From the entry Javanka
  • His specialty has been goofball sweetie-pies: romantics, naïfs, the occasional superhero with a runny nose.2017 January 26, Rachel Saltz, “Review: Shah Rukh Khan as ‘Raees,’ a Villain but Still a Do-Gooder”, in The New York Times, New York…. From the entry sweetie-pie
  • Posthodiernal na- does not appear in my narrative corpus outside of the quoted speech of characters.2015, Doris L. Payne, Shahar Shirtz, Beyond Aspect: The expression of discourse functions in African languages, John Benjamins Publishing…. From the entry posthodiernal
  • Aside from the pork chop, there’s also beef tapa, pork tocino, and daing na bangus.2014 November, Claude Tayag, Mary Ann Quioc, “Chop-chop—a tale of two Laguna pork chop kings”, in Linamnam: Eating One’s Way Around the…. From the entry daing na bangus
  • “I'm not some naïve, virginal little nothing who doesn't know which end is up.”2009, Lis Wiehl, April Henry, Face of Betrayal, →ISBN, page 145. From the entry know which end is up
  • It’s beautiful, but never naïvely so; the pastoral moments were offset by barrelhouse intrusions.2008 January 14, Ben Ratliff, “Jazz Showcase Fever Propels a Mini Marathon”, in New York Times. From the entry barrelhouse
  • The young (and naïve) Saljūqid commander, Isrā'īl, pledged his loyalty to the Ghaznavid.2006, Omid Safi, The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam..., page 20. From the entry Saljūqid
  • Misinformation (pogrešna obavijest) is a would-be information not necessarily given with a purpose to mislead the user.2003 June, Miroslav Tudjman and Nives Mikelic, “Information Science: Science about Information, Misinformation and Disinformation”, in…. From the entry pseudoinformation
  • Is not a tr00 gamer and tr00 gamers buy the PS2, na, i don’t think so.2000 November 23, Kirby, alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 (Google group): Go back to Segaweb, losers!!!. From the entry tr00
  • Other than croggle at its naïveté, I'm not sure how to respond to this.2000, Bruce Schneier, Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World, →ISBN. From the entry croggle
  • The Depression made the Harlem Renaissance, with its spirit of play and optimism, seem strange and naïve.1995, Nathan Irvin Huggins, Voices from the Harlem Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10. From the entry Harlem Renaissance
  • The original character of Ahalyā as a licentuous woman has been mentioned by Vātsyāyāna in his Kåmasutra.1988, Kalyan Kumar Dasgupta et al., Sraddhānjali, Studies in Ancient Indian History: D.C. Sircar Commemoration Volume. From the entry licentuous
  • He was almost naïfly delighted that Pat Conway had sent him a birthday card.1943 May 12, Claude Fredericks, The Journal of Claude Fredericks, volume three, part one (Cambridge (1943)), Xlibris, published 2011, page…. From the entry naïfly
  • Curt Franklin’s eyes naïfly revealing his pleasure, and Gertrude consciously enjoying that revelation.1925, Inez Haynes Irwin, Gertrude Haviland’s Divorce, page 243. From the entry naïfly
  • It is the naïve man who divides the Real into the Beautiful, the True and the Good.1922 September, Henry Rutgers Marshall, “The True, the Good and the Beautiful”, in J[ames] E[dwin] Creighton, James Seth, editors, The…. From the entry naïve
  • Naiwan siya ng service coaster bus na naghahatid at sumusundo sa kanilang mga empleyado ng Stallion Riding Club.2022 May 18, Sonia Francesca, Stallion Series 2: Eneru Villlasis, Precious Pages Corporation, →ISBN. From the entry coaster
  • His character Amir at first could resemble the loud-mouth, naïve and punchworthy boss’ son from John Wick played by Alfie Allen.2021 October 9, Christopher John, “Pig Review – A Suprisingly Delicate Dish, Though Not My Taste”, in The Curb. From the entry punchworthy
  • According to the prevailing Danish rationale, Greenlanders were naïve and childlike, in need of protection and incapable of governing themselves.2019 August 22, Matthew H. Birkhold, “A Brief History of the Indignities Heaped Upon Greenland”, in The New York Times, archived from the…. From the entry incapable
  • The Thítȟuŋwaŋ in the area speak Lakȟótiyapi or Northern Lakota, whereas the Iȟáŋktȟuŋwaŋna speak Dakȟótiyapi or Western Dakota.2019, Tasha R. Hauff, Lakȟótiyapi kiŋ uŋglúkinipi (We revitalize our Lakota Language): Native Language Revitalization at Standing Rock, UC…. From the entry Lakȟótiyapi
  • I went with daing na bangus because it seemed the most off-the-beaten-path and, if I’m honest, it’s fun to say.2019 January 11, Adam Wilcox, “Boodle fights and milkfish at a Filipino cafe”, in Democrat and Chronicle, volume 187, number 11…. From the entry daing na bangus
  • One view is of conspiracy theorizing as “naïve deconstructive history.”2014, Michael Butter, Maurus Reinkowski, Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East: A Comparative Approach, Walter de…. From the entry conspiracy theorize
  • But the land of Tír na nÓg only materialises to mere mortals at certain times, under certain circumstances.2013, John Jacob English, Fragile Blue, AuthorHouse, page 40. From the entry materialise
  • Intentional plagiators behave less naïve and try to hide their action by using other phrases or by using rare sources etc.2013, Johannes Balve, “Intellectual Property, Ideology and Culture in Higher Education”, in Michael A[drian] Peters, Tina Besley, editors…. From the entry plagiator
  • Yet, others have dismissed Fabian's visualism as a naïve critique rooted in the very processes he tries to undermine.2013, James Elkins, Theorizing Visual Studies: Writing Through the Discipline, page 279. From the entry visualism
  • Ka ni na, ask stupid question sibo?2010 September 26, Ang Shi Na, “Sheena’s101”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name). From the entry sibo
  • But if any one of us is naïf, it is not I; it is he—and in the best possible way.2009, Richard Cody, “Fiduciary” (chapter III), in Perfect Witness: Being a Sequel to a Tale of 1951 Entitled ‘Neighbouring Eyes’…. From the entry naïve
  • But, he says, this person may be Wikipedically naïve.2008, Noam Cohen, “Don’t Like Palin’s Wikipedia Story? Change It”, in The New York Times. From the entry Wikipedically

Meaning of na

  1. adverb Not.
  2. adverb No.
  3. adverb Now; already.

Full definition of na

Questions about na in a sentence

How do you use na in a sentence?
Na is used as an adverb and interjection. For example: “Na, yor wrang.”
What is a short sentence with na?
“Na, yor wrang.”
What does na mean?
Na means not.

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