beri
/beri/
1. this way, over here, hither — The opposite of arı.
- beri kel — come here
- beri qara — look this way
- beri ber! — give it here!
- beri çab! — run over here!
- beri keltir — bring it here
- beri janında — on this side
2. since, ever since, from ... onward — Used of time. It usually follows a word in the ablative (bıltırdan beri, köpden beri). It also follows time words and verb forms such as bügünlü and kelgenli (kelgenli beri means since coming).
- andan beri — ever since then
- bıltırdan beri — since last year
- köbden beri — for a long time now
- sabiylikden beri — since childhood
- qışdan beri — since the winter
- tüneneden beri — since yesterday
- kelgenli beri — ever since he came
Expressions
- ala beri kelginçi, biz arı barmayıq — long life to us
- andağılı beri — for ages
- arı – oraq, beri – çalğı — two-faced person
- arı abınsa, beri sürüne — live in hardship
Here and there
| Place | mındahere | andathere | qaydawhere? | bılaydaright here | alaydaright there | qalaydaat what spot? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where | mındahere | andathere | qaydawhere? | bılaydaright here | alaydaright there | qalaydaat what spot? |
| Where to | berithis way, over here | arıthat way, over there | qayrıwhere to? | bılayğato this spot | alayğato that spot | qalayğato what spot? |
| Where from | mındanfrom here | andanfrom there | qaydanfrom where? | bılaydanfrom this spot | alaydanfrom that spot | qalaydanfrom what spot? |
| Of the place | mındağıof this place | andağıof that place | bılaydağıof this spot | alaydağıof that spot | qalaydağıof what spot? |