Karachay

em

/em/

1. (ptcl.) most, very; forms the superlative of adjectives and adverbs — Stands immediately before the adjective or adverb it intensifies: em igi "best", em awur "heaviest". Before a place or time word it means the very end or point: em artında "at the very end", em alğa "first of all".
  • em igi — the best
  • em awur — the heaviest
  • em küçlü — the strongest
  • em ullu — the biggest
  • meni em süygen aşarığım — my very favorite dish
  • men em terk çabama — I run the fastest
  • bügün em uzun kündü — today is the longest day
  • em alğa ol keldi — he was the very first to come
  • em artında — at the very end
  • em tübünde — at the very bottom
2. (conj.) and — Joins words, phrases or clauses of equal rank; often reinforced as em da.
  • ol em men — he and I
  • qartla em jaşla — the old and the young
  • atam em anam üyge qaytdıla — my father and my mother came back home
  • ol keldi em olturdu — he came in and sat down
  • oynarğa em külürge — to play and to laugh
  • aşarğa em işlerge — to eat and to work