şaşmağan
/ʃaʃmaʁan/
just like, the spitting image of, exactly resembling — Comes before a possessed noun naming the person resembled: jaşçıq şaşmağan atasıdı "the boy is the spitting image of his father".
- jaşçıq şaşmağan atasıdı — the little boy is the spitting image of his father
- ol şaşmağan anasıdı — she is just like her mother
- qızım şaşmağan anasıdı — my daughter is the spitting image of her mother
- sen şaşmağan ataŋsa — you are just like your father
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | şaşmağanmaI am just like | şaşmağansayou are just like | şaşmağandıhe is just like | şaşmağanbızwe are just like | şaşmağansızyou all are just like | şaşmağandılathey are just like |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden şaşmağandı — "compared to me, he is just like."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki şaşmağandımine is just like | seniki şaşmağandıyours is just like | anıqı şaşmağandıhis is just like | bizniki şaşmağandıours is just like | sizniki şaşmağandıyours (pl.) is just like | alanıqı şaşmağandıtheirs is just like |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile şaşmağandılamine are just like | senikile şaşmağandılayours are just like | anıqıla şaşmağandılahis are just like | biznikile şaşmağandılaours are just like | siznikile şaşmağandılayours (pl.) are just like | alanıqıla şaşmağandılatheirs are just like |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu şaşmağandı, bıla şaşmağandıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".