alğınŋı
/alʁɯnŋɯ/
former, previous, earlier, past, bygone
- alğınŋı direktor — the former director
- alğınŋı ustaz — the former teacher
- alğınŋı tiriligim qalmağandı — my former liveliness is gone
- alğınŋı qarıw ketgendi — the former strength is gone
- jaşaw alğınŋı ızına kele başlaydı — life is starting to return to its former track
- alğınŋı jol bla tawğa çıqdıq — we went up the mountain by the former road
- alğınŋı nart jırları unutulmaz — the old Nart songs will not be forgotten
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki alğınŋıdımine is former | seniki alğınŋıdıyours is former | anıqı alğınŋıdıhis is former | bizniki alğınŋıdıours is former | sizniki alğınŋıdıyours (pl.) is former | alanıqı alğınŋıdıtheirs is former |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile alğınŋıdılamine are former | senikile alğınŋıdılayours are former | anıqıla alğınŋıdılahis are former | biznikile alğınŋıdılaours are former | siznikile alğınŋıdılayours (pl.) are former | alanıqıla alğınŋıdılatheirs are former |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu alğınŋıdı, bıla alğınŋıdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".