janın alırğa

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• Tabanlarıŋı tereze awuzuna jetdirseŋ, janıŋı alırma, – dep, Mustafa jerine olturdu."If you put your feet up to the window opening, I'll take your life," said Mustafa, and sat back down in his place.

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• E qız, janımı aldıŋ, ho bir da, ol [Kermahan] boş, jün tarağımı alğan edi da, anı alıb kelgendi, – dedim."Oh girl, you scared me half to death — but it's nothing, she [Kermahan] had taken my wool comb and has just brought it back," I said.
• Uw gyawur, naças! Janımı ala ediŋ da! Tohta sen bir, men da saŋa anı jetdirmesem körürse.You wretched heathen, you filth! You frightened the life out of me! Just you wait — you'll see if I don't pay you back for it.

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• Birleni sabiylerini tuwduqlarına deri da ataların, anaların da sawlay tutasa, birleni ua ne atasın, ne anasın qoymaysa da, janların alasa da qoyasa.For some you keep both father and mother alive right down to their children's grandchildren, while for others you leave neither father nor mother, and you crush the life out of them as well.

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• Janımı allay adam aladı, tuwğanlı da arı – oraq, beri – çalğı boluwçusa, – dedi söznü başlağan qatın."It's people like that I can't stand — ever since you were born it's been a sickle one way and a scythe the other with you," said the woman who had started the conversation.