perhaps

Adverb

Positive perhaps

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. If you say that perhaps something will happen or that perhaps it is true, you mean it may happen or be true. <> ta yiwu, wataƙila, la'alla, mai yiyuwa

   Perhaps someday I'll learn how to drive. <> La'alla zan iya koyan tuƙi wata rana.

   If I tried again, perhaps it might work. <> Idan na gwada, ta yiyu ya yi aiki.

2. You use perhaps when you are not sure about something. <> wataƙila

   We shouldn't do it, we don't want to do it, and perhaps most importantly, we don't have the money to do it.

   Nokia is perhaps Finland's best-known company.

Synonyms

• maybe, perchance

Antonyms

• certainly