aftospiyos

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Greek αυτός ποιος (είναι;) (aftós poios (eínai;), who (is) this one?, a pejorative expression). Compare Turkish kıtıpiyos.

Adjective

aftospiyos (slang)

  1. useless, worthless

Declension

Predicative forms of aftospiyos
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) aftospiyosum aftospiyos muyum?
sen (you are) aftospiyossun aftospiyos musun?
o (he/she/it is) aftospiyos / aftospiyostur aftospiyos mu?
biz (we are) aftospiyosuz aftospiyos muyuz?
siz (you are) aftospiyossunuz aftospiyos musunuz?
onlar (they are) aftospiyos(lar) aftospiyos(lar) mı?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) aftospiyostum aftospiyos muydum?
sen (you were) aftospiyostun aftospiyos muydun?
o (he/she/it was) aftospiyostu aftospiyos muydu?
biz (we were) aftospiyostuk aftospiyos muyduk?
siz (you were) aftospiyostunuz aftospiyos muydunuz?
onlar (they were) aftospiyostular aftospiyos muydular?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) aftospiyosmuşum aftospiyos muymuşum?
sen (you were) aftospiyosmuşsun aftospiyos muymuşsun?
o (he/she/it was) aftospiyosmuş aftospiyos muymuş?
biz (we were) aftospiyosmuşuz aftospiyos muymuşuz?
siz (you were) aftospiyosmuşsunuz aftospiyos muymuşsunuz?
onlar (they were) aftospiyosmuşlar aftospiyos muymuşlar?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) aftospiyossam aftospiyos muysam?
sen (if you) aftospiyossan aftospiyos muysan?
o (if he/she/it) aftospiyossa aftospiyos muysa?
biz (if we) aftospiyossak aftospiyos muysak?
siz (if you) aftospiyossanız aftospiyos muysanız?
onlar (if they) aftospiyossalar aftospiyos muysalar?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

References

  • Aktunç, Hulki (1998) “aftos piyos”, in Türkçenin büyük argo sözlüğü (tanıklarıyla) [Great Dictionary of Turkish Argot (with Attestations)] (in Turkish), Istanbul: YKY, page 31ab
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