ertde / erte
/ertde/, /erte/
1. early, ahead of time — With the ablative it means "before, earlier than": beş sağatdan ertde "before five o'clock". ertde keç bolsa da means "sooner or later".
- jaz ertde kelgendi — spring came early
- men senden ertde turama — I get up earlier than you
- ertdembla ertde turduq — we got up early in the morning
- biz ertde turğanbız — we got up early
- ne qadar ertde — as early as possible
- ertde turğan ökünmez — who gets up early won't regret it
- ertde qobhan — who got up early
- ertde kelgen — who came early
- taŋda ertde — early at dawn
2. at a young age, in one's youth
- urunuw jolun ertde başlağandı — she started her working life at a young age
- ertde atasız qaldı — he was left fatherless at a young age
- ertde oqurğa ürenŋendi — he learned to read at a young age
- ertde işge kirdi — he started working at a young age
- nazmu jazıb ertde başlağandı — he began writing poems at a young age
3. long ago, formerly, in ancient times, in olden days — Doubled as ertde-ertde, it is the opening of a folktale: "once upon a time".
- men ertde kelgenme — I came long ago
- bu ertde bolğandı — this happened long ago
- ol adet ertde qalğandı — that custom died out long ago
- kiyimle ertde bitgendile — the clothes were ready long ago
- bılayğa el ertde olturğandı — people settled here long ago
- alay ertde jaşağandıla — that is how they lived long ago
- ertde-ertde bir qart bolğandı — once upon a time there was an old man
- ertdeden beri — since long ago
- ertde quralğan — built long ago
4. early, early-season, premature
- ertde jaz — early spring
- ertde qış — an early winter
- ertde küz — early autumn
- ertde bişgen köget — early-ripening fruit
5. of long ago, former, ancient, bygone
- ertde zamanda — in ancient times
- ertde zamanlada — in olden times
- bek ertde zamanda — in very ancient times
- ertde zamandan — since ancient times
Expressions
- duniyadan ertde keterge — to die young
- ertde qobub kel — don't expect it
- ertde-keç bolsa da — sooner or later
- ertde-keçden boşlanırğa — get out of hand
Degrees
| Degree | —form |
|---|---|
| base form | ertdepremature |
| comparative — more | ertderekmore premature |
| intensifier — very | bek ertdevery premature |
| superlative — most | em ertdethe most premature |
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki ertdedimine is premature | seniki ertdediyours is premature | anıqı ertdedihis is premature | bizniki ertdediours is premature | sizniki ertdediyours (pl.) is premature | alanıqı ertdeditheirs is premature |
| comparative — more | meniki ertderekdimine is more premature | seniki ertderekdiyours is more premature | anıqı ertderekdihis is more premature | bizniki ertderekdiours is more premature | sizniki ertderekdiyours (pl.) is more premature | alanıqı ertderekditheirs is more premature |
| intensifier — very | meniki bek ertdedimine is very premature | seniki bek ertdediyours is very premature | anıqı bek ertdedihis is very premature | bizniki bek ertdediours is very premature | sizniki bek ertdediyours (pl.) is very premature | alanıqı bek ertdeditheirs is very premature |
| superlative — most | meniki em ertdedimine is the most premature | seniki em ertdediyours is the most premature | anıqı em ertdedihis is the most premature | bizniki em ertdediours is the most premature | sizniki em ertdediyours (pl.) is the most premature | alanıqı em ertdeditheirs is the most premature |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile ertdedilemine are premature | senikile ertdedileyours are premature | anıqıla ertdedilehis are premature | biznikile ertdedileours are premature | siznikile ertdedileyours (pl.) are premature | alanıqıla ertdediletheirs are premature |
| comparative — more | menikile ertderekdilemine are more premature | senikile ertderekdileyours are more premature | anıqıla ertderekdilehis are more premature | biznikile ertderekdileours are more premature | siznikile ertderekdileyours (pl.) are more premature | alanıqıla ertderekdiletheirs are more premature |
| intensifier — very | menikile bek ertdedilemine are very premature | senikile bek ertdedileyours are very premature | anıqıla bek ertdedilehis are very premature | biznikile bek ertdedileours are very premature | siznikile bek ertdedileyours (pl.) are very premature | alanıqıla bek ertdediletheirs are very premature |
| superlative — most | menikile em ertdedilemine are the most premature | senikile em ertdedileyours are the most premature | anıqıla em ertdedilehis are the most premature | biznikile em ertdedileours are the most premature | siznikile em ertdedileyours (pl.) are the most premature | alanıqıla em ertdediletheirs are the most premature |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu ertdedi, bıla ertdedile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".