alağa

/alaʁa/

1. (pron.) to them, for them; to those — The dative form of ala.

men alağa kitab berdim — I gave them a book
alağa juq aytma — do not tell them anything
bu hapar alağa da jetgendi — this news has reached them too

2. (pron.) to their place, to their home — Going to people usually means going to their home.

tambla alağa barlıqbız — tomorrow we will go to their place
biz alağa qonaqğa barabız — we are going to visit them
men alağa barayım — let me go over to their place

3. (postp.) toward (a time of day or year) — It follows a word for a time: iŋir alağa "toward evening", taŋ alağa "toward dawn". This is the dative of the time word ala, not of the pronoun.

iŋir alağa jaŋur jawub başladı — toward evening it began to rain
taŋ alağa juqlab qaldım — toward dawn I fell asleep
jaz alağa qar erib başladı — toward spring the snow began to melt

Cases

The pronouns, this and that, case by case
Case	buthis	bılathese	menI	senyou	olhe / she / it · that	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey · those
Nominative	buthis	bılathese	menI	senyou	olhe · that	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey · those
Genitive & accusative	munuof this / this (as the object)	bılanıof these / these (as the object)	menimy / me	seniyour / you	anıhis, her, its / him, her, it · of that / that (as the object)	bizniour / us	sizniyour / you all	alanıtheir / them · of those / those (as the object)
Dative	mıŋato this	bılağato these	menŋeto me	senŋeto you	aŋato him / her / it · to that	bizgeto us	sizgeto you all	alağato them · to those
Locative	mındain this	bıladain these	mendeat me / on me	sendeat you	andaat him / her / it · in that	bizdeat us	sizdeat you all	aladaat them · in those
Ablative	mındanfrom this	bıladanfrom these	mendenfrom me	sendenfrom you	andanfrom him / her / it · from that	bizdenfrom us	sizdenfrom you all	aladanfrom them · from those
Like	munuçalike this	bılaçalike these	meniçalike me	seniçalike you	anıçalike him / her / it · like that	bizniçalike us	sizniçalike you all	alaçalike them · like those