şalt

/ʃalt/

(adj.) alert, vigilant, quick, on one's guard — Used almost only with bolurğa, often as an urging such as şalt boluğuz "look sharp, get moving". Nevruz 1991 renders the phrase as "hurry, be quick".

şalt boluğuz! — be on the alert, get moving!
şalt boluğuz, mal jarsımasın — be on the alert, so the livestock come to no harm
biz şalt bolayıq — let us be alert
şalt bolurğa kerekdi — one must be on one's guard

Expressions

şalt bolurğa — stay alert (Collocation)

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — şalt
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	şaltmaI am alert	şaltsayou are alert	şaltdıhe is alert	şaltbızwe are alert	şaltsızyou all are alert	şaltdılathey are alert
comparative — more	şaltıraqmaI am more alert	şaltıraqsayou are more alert	şaltıraqdıhe is more alert	şaltıraqbızwe are more alert	şaltıraqsızyou all are more alert	şaltıraqdılathey are more alert
intensifier — very	bek şaltmaI am very alert	bek şaltsayou are very alert	bek şaltdıhe is very alert	bek şaltbızwe are very alert	bek şaltsızyou all are very alert	bek şaltdılathey are very alert
superlative — most	em şaltmaI am the most alert	em şaltsayou are the most alert	em şaltdıhe is the most alert	em şaltbızwe are the most alert	em şaltsızyou all are the most alert	em şaltdılathey are the most alert

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden şaltdı — "compared to me, he is alert."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — şalt
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki şaltdımine is alert	seniki şaltdıyours is alert	anıqı şaltdıhis is alert	bizniki şaltdıours is alert	sizniki şaltdıyours (pl.) is alert	alanıqı şaltdıtheirs is alert
comparative — more	meniki şaltıraqdımine is more alert	seniki şaltıraqdıyours is more alert	anıqı şaltıraqdıhis is more alert	bizniki şaltıraqdıours is more alert	sizniki şaltıraqdıyours (pl.) is more alert	alanıqı şaltıraqdıtheirs is more alert
intensifier — very	meniki bek şaltdımine is very alert	seniki bek şaltdıyours is very alert	anıqı bek şaltdıhis is very alert	bizniki bek şaltdıours is very alert	sizniki bek şaltdıyours (pl.) is very alert	alanıqı bek şaltdıtheirs is very alert
superlative — most	meniki em şaltdımine is the most alert	seniki em şaltdıyours is the most alert	anıqı em şaltdıhis is the most alert	bizniki em şaltdıours is the most alert	sizniki em şaltdıyours (pl.) is the most alert	alanıqı em şaltdıtheirs is the most alert

Several things

Several things — şalt
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile şaltdılamine are alert	senikile şaltdılayours are alert	anıqıla şaltdılahis are alert	biznikile şaltdılaours are alert	siznikile şaltdılayours (pl.) are alert	alanıqıla şaltdılatheirs are alert
comparative — more	menikile şaltıraqdılamine are more alert	senikile şaltıraqdılayours are more alert	anıqıla şaltıraqdılahis are more alert	biznikile şaltıraqdılaours are more alert	siznikile şaltıraqdılayours (pl.) are more alert	alanıqıla şaltıraqdılatheirs are more alert
intensifier — very	menikile bek şaltdılamine are very alert	senikile bek şaltdılayours are very alert	anıqıla bek şaltdılahis are very alert	biznikile bek şaltdılaours are very alert	siznikile bek şaltdılayours (pl.) are very alert	alanıqıla bek şaltdılatheirs are very alert
superlative — most	menikile em şaltdılamine are the most alert	senikile em şaltdılayours are the most alert	anıqıla em şaltdılahis are the most alert	biznikile em şaltdılaours are the most alert	siznikile em şaltdılayours (pl.) are the most alert	alanıqıla em şaltdılatheirs are the most alert

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu şaltdı, bıla şaltdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".