birge
/birɡe/
1. together, jointly, side by side — Before a verbal noun it means joint or combined, as in birge oquw "co-education" and birge jazıw "writing as one word".
- birge barırğa — to go together
- birge işleybiz — we work together
- biz birge oquğan edik — we had studied together
- ekigiz birge barığız — the two of you go together
- birge quwanırbız — we will rejoice together
- birge jaşarğa — to live together
- birge oltururğa — to sit side by side
- nebiz da birgedi — everything of ours is shared
- birge qazawatha — together to war
2. together with, in the company of — takes a possessive suffix and the dative: birgeme, birgeŋe, birgesine
- birgeme oltur — sit with me
- alanı da birgeme alıb keldim — I brought them with me too
- ol meni birgesine alıb keterikdi — he will take me with him
- meni birgeme turluqdu — he will stay with me
- birgesine nögeri bar edi — he had a companion with him
- ol da arı birgesine baradı — he too goes there with him
- birgesine ösgen teŋleri — his peers who grew up with him
- seni birgeŋe adam joqmu edi? — was there nobody with you?
3. along with, as well as, at the same time, moreover — follows a word with the postposition bla, as in anı bla birge. After a participle with bla it can mean "as soon as".
- anı bla birge — along with that, at the same time
- gırjın bla birge — along with bread
- qartla bla birge tururğa — to live together with the old folks
- oquğan bla birge işlerge — to work while studying
- jetgenim bla birge — as soon as I arrived
Expressions
- alğış birgedi — may we meet in joy
- artı bla allı birge qatarğa — skin and bones
- eki kirpigi birge jetmezge — not sleep a wink
- eki öpkesi birge sıyınmazğa — seethe with rage