alağa
/alaʁa/
1. to them, for them; to those — The dative form of ala.
- men alağa kitab berdim — I gave them a book
- munu alağa bir uzatığız — please pass this to them
- alağa juq aytma — do not tell them anything
- alağa qıyınlıq tüşdü — trouble befell them
- bu hapar alağa da jetgendi — this news has reached them too
2. 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
- men alağa barayım — let me go over to their place
- alağa barırğa ıylıqsındım — I was too shy to go to their place
- biz alağa qonaqğa barabız — we are going to visit them
3. 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 hawa biraz seriwünlendi — toward evening the air cooled a little
- tüş alağa bulutla çaçılğandıla — toward noon the clouds dispersed
- 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
| 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 |
| bla | munu blawith this | bıla blawith these | meni blawith me | seni blawith you | anı blawith him / her / it · with that | bizni blawith us | sizni blawith you all | ala blawith them · with those |
| üçün | munu üçünfor this | bıla üçünfor these | meni üçünfor me | seni üçünfor you | anı üçünfor him / her / it · for that | bizni üçünfor us | sizni üçünfor you all | ala üçünfor them · for those |
| kibik | munu kibiklike this | bıla kibiklike these | meni kibiklike me | seni kibiklike you | anı kibiklike him / her / it · like that | bizni kibiklike us | sizni kibiklike you all | ala kibiklike them · like those |