alğa
/alʁa/
1. forward, in the direction one faces
- alğa çığarğa — to go forward
- atlıla alğa çabdıla — the horsemen galloped forward
- alğa da barma — do not go ahead
2. earlier, at a time now past
- eki kün alğa — two days earlier
- mundan alğa — before this
- bir jılnı alğa — one year earlier
3. at first, before anything else is done
- alğa salam ber — greet first
- alğa işni angıla — understand the work first
- alğa munu körügüz — look at this first
4. before, prior to; used with the ablative
- tambladan alğa kelirge kerekdi — it is necessary to come before tomorrow
- boljaldan alğa — before the deadline
- andan köb alğa — long before that