busağat
/busaʁat/
1. now, right now, immediately — Also used as a noun: the present moment.
- busağat qaytayım — I'll come back right now
- busağat ber — give it back right now
- busağat artha qayt — come back right now
- busağat sizge barlıqbız — we will come to you right now
- busağatda qalqığandı — he has just fallen asleep
- busağatda da unutalmayma ol künnü — even now I cannot forget that day
- busağatda bizge köz açarğa tüşedi — right now we need to be alert
- busağat işge kirişseŋ — if you set to work right now
- busağat kelgen qonaqnı törge ozdurduq — we seated the guest who had just arrived at the place of honor
- busağatha deri saqlağanma — I have waited until now
- busağatdan arı tınç bolluqdu — from now on it will be easy
- busağatdan başlayıq — let's begin from now
2. soon, any minute now
- ol busağat kellikdi — he will come soon
- Aliy busağat kellikdi — Aliy will come any minute now
- atam busağat kellikdi — my father will be here soon
- busağat başlannıqdı — it is about to begin
3. current, present-day, modern, contemporary — busağat zaman is the present tense in grammar.
- busağat jaşaw — modern life
- busağat zaman — the present time
- busağat zamanda — in present times
- busağat zamannı adamları — the people of the present time
- busağat zaman patçahlıq zaman tüldü — the present time is not the time of the tsars
- busağat jaşaw alğınŋıdan bek başhadı — present-day life is very different from before
- busağat zamanda iş köbdü — at the present time there is much work
- busağat adetle başhadıla — present-day customs are different
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki busağatdımine is current | seniki busağatdıyours is current | anıqı busağatdıhis is current | bizniki busağatdıours is current | sizniki busağatdıyours (pl.) is current | alanıqı busağatdıtheirs is current |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile busağatdılamine are current | senikile busağatdılayours are current | anıqıla busağatdılahis are current | biznikile busağatdılaours are current | siznikile busağatdılayours (pl.) are current | alanıqıla busağatdılatheirs are current |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu busağatdı, bıla busağatdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".