hoça
/xotʃa/
1. good, fine
- hoça adam — a good man
- iş hoça tüldü — the work is not good
- hoça teŋiŋ joqdu — you have no good friend
- işibiz hoça tüldü — our affairs are not good
- adamlığıŋ hoça tül edi — your conduct was not good
- hoça bolmazsız — you will not turn out well
2. properly, well, as it should be — Usually used with a negative verb. one source
- hoça aŋılatmadıla — they did not explain it properly
- İŋiliz tilni alay hoça bilmeydi — he does not know English that well
- bu zatlanı senden hoça aŋılamaydı — he does not understand these things as well as you
- hoça körünmeydi — it does not seem right
Expressions
- işiŋ hoça tüldü — not good enough
Degrees and persons
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | hoçamaI am good | hoçasayou are good | hoçadıhe is good | hoçabızwe are good | hoçasızyou all are good | hoçadılathey are good |
| comparative — more | hoçaraqmaI am better | hoçaraqsayou are better | hoçaraqdıhe is better | hoçaraqbızwe are better | hoçaraqsızyou all are better | hoçaraqdılathey are better |
| intensifier — very | bek hoçamaI am very good | bek hoçasayou are very good | bek hoçadıhe is very good | bek hoçabızwe are very good | bek hoçasızyou all are very good | bek hoçadılathey are very good |
| superlative — most | em hoçamaI am the best | em hoçasayou are the best | em hoçadıhe is the best | em hoçabızwe are the best | em hoçasızyou all are the best | em hoçadılathey are the best |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden hoçadı — "compared to me, he is good."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki hoçadımine is good | seniki hoçadıyours is good | anıqı hoçadıhis is good | bizniki hoçadıours is good | sizniki hoçadıyours (pl.) is good | alanıqı hoçadıtheirs is good |
| comparative — more | meniki hoçaraqdımine is better | seniki hoçaraqdıyours is better | anıqı hoçaraqdıhis is better | bizniki hoçaraqdıours is better | sizniki hoçaraqdıyours (pl.) is better | alanıqı hoçaraqdıtheirs is better |
| intensifier — very | meniki bek hoçadımine is very good | seniki bek hoçadıyours is very good | anıqı bek hoçadıhis is very good | bizniki bek hoçadıours is very good | sizniki bek hoçadıyours (pl.) is very good | alanıqı bek hoçadıtheirs is very good |
| superlative — most | meniki em hoçadımine is the best | seniki em hoçadıyours is the best | anıqı em hoçadıhis is the best | bizniki em hoçadıours is the best | sizniki em hoçadıyours (pl.) is the best | alanıqı em hoçadıtheirs is the best |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile hoçadılamine are good | senikile hoçadılayours are good | anıqıla hoçadılahis are good | biznikile hoçadılaours are good | siznikile hoçadılayours (pl.) are good | alanıqıla hoçadılatheirs are good |
| comparative — more | menikile hoçaraqdılamine are better | senikile hoçaraqdılayours are better | anıqıla hoçaraqdılahis are better | biznikile hoçaraqdılaours are better | siznikile hoçaraqdılayours (pl.) are better | alanıqıla hoçaraqdılatheirs are better |
| intensifier — very | menikile bek hoçadılamine are very good | senikile bek hoçadılayours are very good | anıqıla bek hoçadılahis are very good | biznikile bek hoçadılaours are very good | siznikile bek hoçadılayours (pl.) are very good | alanıqıla bek hoçadılatheirs are very good |
| superlative — most | menikile em hoçadılamine are the best | senikile em hoçadılayours are the best | anıqıla em hoçadılahis are the best | biznikile em hoçadılaours are the best | siznikile em hoçadılayours (pl.) are the best | alanıqıla em hoçadılatheirs are the best |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu hoçadı, bıla hoçadıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".