ala-çola

/ala-tʃola/

1. (adj.) superficial, shallow, not thorough

ala-çola bilim — superficial knowledge
ala-çola iş — a slapdash job
anı bilimi ala-çola edi — their knowledge was superficial
ala-çola bilimi bolğanlağa — to those who have superficial knowledge

2. (adv.) superficially, carelessly, haphazardly, in a slapdash way, in passing — With verbs of hearing it means catching something only partly: ala-çola eşitgenme 'I heard it in passing'.

ala-çola eşitgenme — I heard it in passing
işni ala-çola etgense — you did the work carelessly
ala-çola tamamlaw — finishing something carelessly
ala-çola eşitib qalırğa — to hear something in passing
bir zatçıqnı ala-çola bilgenley — knowing some little thing only superficially

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — ala-çola
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	ala-çolamaI am superficial	ala-çolasayou are superficial	ala-çoladıhe is superficial	ala-çolabızwe are superficial	ala-çolasızyou all are superficial	ala-çoladılathey are superficial
comparative — more	ala-çolaraqmaI am more superficial	ala-çolaraqsayou are more superficial	ala-çolaraqdıhe is more superficial	ala-çolaraqbızwe are more superficial	ala-çolaraqsızyou all are more superficial	ala-çolaraqdılathey are more superficial
intensifier — very	bek ala-çolamaI am very superficial	bek ala-çolasayou are very superficial	bek ala-çoladıhe is very superficial	bek ala-çolabızwe are very superficial	bek ala-çolasızyou all are very superficial	bek ala-çoladılathey are very superficial
superlative — most	em ala-çolamaI am the most superficial	em ala-çolasayou are the most superficial	em ala-çoladıhe is the most superficial	em ala-çolabızwe are the most superficial	em ala-çolasızyou all are the most superficial	em ala-çoladılathey are the most superficial

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — ala-çola
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki ala-çoladımine is superficial	seniki ala-çoladıyours is superficial	anıqı ala-çoladıhis is superficial	bizniki ala-çoladıours is superficial	sizniki ala-çoladıyours (pl.) is superficial	alanıqı ala-çoladıtheirs is superficial
comparative — more	meniki ala-çolaraqdımine is more superficial	seniki ala-çolaraqdıyours is more superficial	anıqı ala-çolaraqdıhis is more superficial	bizniki ala-çolaraqdıours is more superficial	sizniki ala-çolaraqdıyours (pl.) is more superficial	alanıqı ala-çolaraqdıtheirs is more superficial
intensifier — very	meniki bek ala-çoladımine is very superficial	seniki bek ala-çoladıyours is very superficial	anıqı bek ala-çoladıhis is very superficial	bizniki bek ala-çoladıours is very superficial	sizniki bek ala-çoladıyours (pl.) is very superficial	alanıqı bek ala-çoladıtheirs is very superficial
superlative — most	meniki em ala-çoladımine is the most superficial	seniki em ala-çoladıyours is the most superficial	anıqı em ala-çoladıhis is the most superficial	bizniki em ala-çoladıours is the most superficial	sizniki em ala-çoladıyours (pl.) is the most superficial	alanıqı em ala-çoladıtheirs is the most superficial

Several things

Several things — ala-çola
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile ala-çoladılamine are superficial	senikile ala-çoladılayours are superficial	anıqıla ala-çoladılahis are superficial	biznikile ala-çoladılaours are superficial	siznikile ala-çoladılayours (pl.) are superficial	alanıqıla ala-çoladılatheirs are superficial
comparative — more	menikile ala-çolaraqdılamine are more superficial	senikile ala-çolaraqdılayours are more superficial	anıqıla ala-çolaraqdılahis are more superficial	biznikile ala-çolaraqdılaours are more superficial	siznikile ala-çolaraqdılayours (pl.) are more superficial	alanıqıla ala-çolaraqdılatheirs are more superficial
intensifier — very	menikile bek ala-çoladılamine are very superficial	senikile bek ala-çoladılayours are very superficial	anıqıla bek ala-çoladılahis are very superficial	biznikile bek ala-çoladılaours are very superficial	siznikile bek ala-çoladılayours (pl.) are very superficial	alanıqıla bek ala-çoladılatheirs are very superficial
superlative — most	menikile em ala-çoladılamine are the most superficial	senikile em ala-çoladılayours are the most superficial	anıqıla em ala-çoladılahis are the most superficial	biznikile em ala-çoladılaours are the most superficial	siznikile em ala-çoladılayours (pl.) are the most superficial	alanıqıla em ala-çoladılatheirs are the most superficial

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