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ingiliz

/inɡiliz/

1. (adj.) English, of England or the English language
  • iŋiliz til — the English language
  • iŋiliz tişirıw — an English woman
  • iŋiliz kitab — an English book
  • iŋiliz halq — the English people
  • iŋiliz literatura — English literature
  • egeçim a iŋiliz tilden oqutadı — and my sister teaches English
2. (n.) Englishman; the English, English people
  • ol iŋilizdi — he is an Englishman
  • iŋilizle keldile — the English came
  • iŋiliz bla söleşdi — he spoke with an Englishman
  • İŋilizni, Türknü, Germannı askerleri — the troops of the English, the Turks, the Germans

Degrees and persons

DegreemenIsenyouolhe/she/itbizwesizyou allalathey
base formingilizmeI am Englishingilizseyou are Englishingilizdihe is Englishingilizbizwe are Englishingilizsizyou all are Englishingilizdilethey are English
comparative — moreingilizirekmeI am more Englishingilizirekseyou are more Englishingilizirekdihe is more Englishingilizirekbizwe are more Englishingilizireksizyou all are more Englishingilizirekdilethey are more English
intensifier — verybek ingilizmeI am very Englishbek ingilizseyou are very Englishbek ingilizdihe is very Englishbek ingilizbizwe are very Englishbek ingilizsizyou all are very Englishbek ingilizdilethey are very English
superlative — mostem ingilizmeI am the most Englishem ingilizseyou are the most Englishem ingilizdihe is the most Englishem ingilizbizwe are the most Englishem ingilizsizyou all are the most Englishem ingilizdilethey are the most English

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden ingilizdi — "compared to me, he is English."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

Degreemenikiminesenikiyoursanıqıhis / hersbiznikiourssiznikiyours (pl.)alanıqıtheirs
base formmeniki ingilizdimine is Englishseniki ingilizdiyours is Englishanıqı ingilizdihis is Englishbizniki ingilizdiours is Englishsizniki ingilizdiyours (pl.) is Englishalanıqı ingilizditheirs is English
comparative — moremeniki ingilizirekdimine is more Englishseniki ingilizirekdiyours is more Englishanıqı ingilizirekdihis is more Englishbizniki ingilizirekdiours is more Englishsizniki ingilizirekdiyours (pl.) is more Englishalanıqı ingilizirekditheirs is more English
intensifier — verymeniki bek ingilizdimine is very Englishseniki bek ingilizdiyours is very Englishanıqı bek ingilizdihis is very Englishbizniki bek ingilizdiours is very Englishsizniki bek ingilizdiyours (pl.) is very Englishalanıqı bek ingilizditheirs is very English
superlative — mostmeniki em ingilizdimine is the most Englishseniki em ingilizdiyours is the most Englishanıqı em ingilizdihis is the most Englishbizniki em ingilizdiours is the most Englishsizniki em ingilizdiyours (pl.) is the most Englishalanıqı em ingilizditheirs is the most English

Several things

Degreemenikileminesenikileyoursanıqılahis / hersbiznikileourssiznikileyours (pl.)alanıqılatheirs
base formmenikile ingilizdilemine are Englishsenikile ingilizdileyours are Englishanıqıla ingilizdilehis are Englishbiznikile ingilizdileours are Englishsiznikile ingilizdileyours (pl.) are Englishalanıqıla ingilizdiletheirs are English
comparative — moremenikile ingilizirekdilemine are more Englishsenikile ingilizirekdileyours are more Englishanıqıla ingilizirekdilehis are more Englishbiznikile ingilizirekdileours are more Englishsiznikile ingilizirekdileyours (pl.) are more Englishalanıqıla ingilizirekdiletheirs are more English
intensifier — verymenikile bek ingilizdilemine are very Englishsenikile bek ingilizdileyours are very Englishanıqıla bek ingilizdilehis are very Englishbiznikile bek ingilizdileours are very Englishsiznikile bek ingilizdileyours (pl.) are very Englishalanıqıla bek ingilizdiletheirs are very English
superlative — mostmenikile em ingilizdilemine are the most Englishsenikile em ingilizdileyours are the most Englishanıqıla em ingilizdilehis are the most Englishbiznikile em ingilizdileours are the most Englishsiznikile em ingilizdileyours (pl.) are the most Englishalanıqıla em ingilizdiletheirs are the most English

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu ingilizdi, bıla ingilizdile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".