ançançı-mınçançı
/antʃantʃɯ-mɯntʃantʃɯ/
whichever, some or other (of a place in a row or count) — Leaves open which place something has in an order, like a vague ordinal number. It is typical in ançançı-mınçançı deb bilmeyme "I don't know which one (in the line)", said of someone standing in a queue.
- ançançı-mınçançı deb bilmeyme — I don't know which one in line he is
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | ançançı-mınçançımaI am whichever | ançançı-mınçançısayou are whichever | ançançı-mınçançıdıhe is whichever | ançançı-mınçançıbızwe are whichever | ançançı-mınçançısızyou all are whichever | ançançı-mınçançıdılathey are whichever |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden ançançı-mınçançıdı — "compared to me, he is whichever."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki ançançı-mınçançıdımine is whichever | seniki ançançı-mınçançıdıyours is whichever | anıqı ançançı-mınçançıdıhis is whichever | bizniki ançançı-mınçançıdıours is whichever | sizniki ançançı-mınçançıdıyours (pl.) is whichever | alanıqı ançançı-mınçançıdıtheirs is whichever |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile ançançı-mınçançıdılamine are whichever | senikile ançançı-mınçançıdılayours are whichever | anıqıla ançançı-mınçançıdılahis are whichever | biznikile ançançı-mınçançıdılaours are whichever | siznikile ançançı-mınçançıdılayours (pl.) are whichever | alanıqıla ançançı-mınçançıdılatheirs are whichever |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu ançançı-mınçançıdı, bıla ançançı-mınçançıdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".