injiwlü

/indʒiwly/

Saying it about someone

Saying it about someone — injiwlü
DegreemenIsenyouolhe/she/itbizwesizyou allalathey
base forminjiwlümeI am poorinjiwlüseyou are poorinjiwlüdühe is poorinjiwlübüzwe are poorinjiwlüsüzyou all are poorinjiwlüdülethey are poor

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing — injiwlü
Degreemenikiminesenikiyoursanıqıhis / hersbiznikiourssiznikiyours (pl.)alanıqıtheirs
base formmeniki injiwlüdümine is poorseniki injiwlüdüyours is pooranıqı injiwlüdühis is poorbizniki injiwlüdüours is poorsizniki injiwlüdüyours (pl.) is pooralanıqı injiwlüdütheirs is poor
Several things — injiwlü
Degreemenikileminesenikileyoursanıqılahis / hersbiznikileourssiznikileyours (pl.)alanıqılatheirs
base formmenikile injiwlüdülemine are poorsenikile injiwlüdüleyours are pooranıqıla injiwlüdülehis are poorbiznikile injiwlüdüleours are poorsiznikile injiwlüdüleyours (pl.) are pooralanıqıla injiwlüdületheirs are poor

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