alğa
/alʁa/
1. forward, ahead, in the direction one faces
- alğa qara — look ahead
- alğa atla — step forward
- alğa çıq — come forward
- on atlam alğa barığız — go ten steps forward
- atlıla alğa çabdıla — the horsemen galloped forward
- alğa da barma — do not rush ahead either
- sağatım alğa baradı — my watch is fast
- alğa çığarğa — to step forward
2. earlier, sooner, previously, in advance
- men alğa keldim — I came earlier
- eki kün alğa — two days earlier
- bir jılnı alğa — one year earlier
- alğa tölerge — to pay in advance
3. at first, first, before anything else
- alğa munu körügüz — look at this first
- alğa salam ber — greet first
- alğa işni aŋıla — understand the work first
- em alğa — first of all, before everyone
4. before, prior to — Follows a noun in the ablative case: boljaldan alğa "before the deadline".
- mından alğa — before this
- bayramdan bir kün alğa — one day before the holiday
- boljaldan alğa — before the deadline
- andan köb alğa — long before that
- neden da alğa — before anything else
- senden alğa öleyim — may I die before you
- tambladan alğa kelirge kerekdi — one must come before tomorrow
Expressions
- çiŋ alğa — first of all
- alğa urğan — prime, heyday
- duniya jarığın alğa körgen — firstborn
- menden alğa bir zat qabarıqsa — you took the words