ala
/ala/ · singular ol
1. they (third person plural personal pronoun)
- ala ketedile — they are leaving
- ala bizni honşularıbızdıla — they are our neighbors
- ala az körünedile — they seem few
- bizden ala ertde kelgendile — they came earlier than us
- sen bilgenni ala da biledile — they also know what you know
- ala amaltın — because of them
- ala qayğılı bolma — do not worry about them
2. those (plural demonstrative)
- bıla ariwdula, ala erşidile — these are beautiful, those are ugly
- ala meni kitablarımdıla — those are my books
- alanı alığız — take those
- bu üyleden ala ariwdula — of these houses, those are beautiful
- ma aladıla — there, it's those
3. pied, variegated, multicolored, many-colored, spotted, dappled
- ala tawuq — speckled hen
- ala qumaç — multicolored cloth
- ala jawluq — multicolored headscarf
- ala kiyiz — patterned felt rug
- biri – ala, biri – boz — one is pied, one is gray
4. light-colored, light, pale (of color) — Also found in ala qobusta, cauliflower.
- ala közle — light-colored eyes
- ala kök — light blue
- anı közleri ala edile — his eyes were light-colored
5. toward, around, near (a point in time) — Follows a word for a time of day or season.
- iŋir ala — toward evening
- jaz ala — toward spring
- taŋ alasında — at dawn
- tüş alada — around noon
- iŋir ala jawğan tohtadı — toward evening the rain stopped
- tüş alağa jawun jawdu — toward noon it rained
Expressions
- qızıl ala eterge — make bloody
- ala beri kelginçi, biz arı barmayıq — long life to us
- taŋ alası — dawn twilight
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 |