aslam
/aslam/
1. more, greater, larger in amount; considerable — Often follows a noun in the ablative: miŋden aslam "more than a thousand", jartısından aslam "more than half". aslam açha is a considerable sum of money.
- jartısından aslam — more than half
- miŋden aslam adam kelgendi — more than a thousand people have come
- aslam açha — a considerable sum of money
- aslam adam keledi — a large number of people is coming
- jüzden aslam qoy bardı — there are more than a hundred sheep
- el halqını aslam ülüşü jıyıldı — the greater part of the village people gathered
2. majority, most, greater part — Used with a possessive ending: halqnı aslamı "most of the people", qoylanı aslamı "most of the sheep".
- halqnı aslamı — most of the people
- qoylanı aslamı semizdi — most of the sheep are fat
- jılnı aslamı ozğandı — most of the year has passed
- şkolçulanı aslamı — most of the schoolchildren
3. much, a lot, more — With a verb it says that the action happens a great deal or more than before. aslam bolurğa means "increase" and aslam eterge means "increase, enlarge". aslamdan aslam means "more and more".
- bügün aslam işledik — today we worked a lot
- iynekle sütnü aslam bere edile — the cows were giving a lot of milk
- bıyıl aslam oquğanma — this year I have read a lot
- ol menŋe aslam boluşhandı — he has helped me a great deal
- aslamdan aslam — more and more
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki aslamdımine is more | seniki aslamdıyours is more | anıqı aslamdıhis is more | bizniki aslamdıours is more | sizniki aslamdıyours (pl.) is more | alanıqı aslamdıtheirs is more |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile aslamdılamine are more | senikile aslamdılayours are more | anıqıla aslamdılahis are more | biznikile aslamdılaours are more | siznikile aslamdılayours (pl.) are more | alanıqıla aslamdılatheirs are more |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu aslamdı, bıla aslamdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".