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1. hey, listen, come on, ah, aha — Calls for someone's attention or urges someone to get started.
- ha, qarnaşım, olturçu tepsige! — come on, my brother, do sit down at the table!
- ha, Ortabay, körçü, uzalçı — come on, Ortabay, look, help yourself
- ha, batırla, alğa basığız! — come on, heroes, press forward!
- ha, mına keldi kütgen adamıbız! — hey, here comes the man we were waiting for!
- ha, senŋe aytama — hey, I am talking to you
2. shoo, hup (a call to drive cattle on) — Shouted at a cow or at draft oxen to drive them on. Proverb: ha degen da haq aladı "even the one who says shoo gets paid".
- ha, iynek, arı bar! — shoo, cow, go over there!
- ha, ögüzle, tartığız! — hup, oxen, pull!
- iynekleni «ha!» deb sürdü — he drove the cows on, shouting “shoo!”
- ha degen da haq aladı — even the one who says shoo gets paid
3. ha-ha-ha — Laughter written out, normally repeated: ha-ha-ha.
- ha-ha-ha, küldürdüŋ! — ha-ha-ha, you made me laugh!
- ha-ha-ha, bek küldüm — ha-ha-ha, I laughed a lot
- ha-ha-ha deb küldü — he laughed, going ha-ha-ha
4. eh, huh (at the end of a question) — Added at the end of a question to press the hearer for an answer: ne etese ha "what are you doing, eh?"
- ne etese, ha! — what are you doing, eh?
- bügün kelemise, ha? — are you coming today, eh?
- ne aytdıŋ, ha? — what did you say, eh?
- bügün kelese, ha? — you are coming today, eh?
- sen aytdıŋ, ha? — you said it, eh?