iş eterge

/iʃ eterɡe/

Literal translation

to make (it) a matter

Intended meaning

To give something one's special attention and set out to do it on purpose.
  • Alanı [bolşevikleni] barı da, kimi menden tamata, kimi gitçe, kimi uruşlada jan bergen, kimi entda saw, – alamat adamla, kerti revolütsionerle, taza bolşevikle bolub tübegendile maŋa meni jaşaw jolumda, kesleri iş etib da, kesleri bilmey da boluşhandıla maŋa.All of them [the Bolsheviks] — some older than me, some younger, some who gave their lives in the wars, some still living — came into my life as wonderful people, true revolutionaries, pure Bolsheviks, and they helped me, some on purpose and some without knowing it.
  • Men içgini alay iş etgen adam tüyülme.I am not a man who makes such a point of drink.

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