jibigen

/dʒibiɡen/

Saying it about someone

Saying it about someone — jibigen
DegreemenIsenyouolhe/she/itbizwesizyou allalathey
base formjibigenmeI am wetjibigenseyou are wetjibigendihe is wetjibigenbizwe are wetjibigensizyou all are wetjibigendilethey are wet

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing — jibigen
Degreemenikiminesenikiyoursanıqıhis / hersbiznikiourssiznikiyours (pl.)alanıqıtheirs
base formmeniki jibigendimine is wetseniki jibigendiyours is wetanıqı jibigendihis is wetbizniki jibigendiours is wetsizniki jibigendiyours (pl.) is wetalanıqı jibigenditheirs is wet
Several things — jibigen
Degreemenikileminesenikileyoursanıqılahis / hersbiznikileourssiznikileyours (pl.)alanıqılatheirs
base formmenikile jibigendilemine are wetsenikile jibigendileyours are wetanıqıla jibigendilehis are wetbiznikile jibigendileours are wetsiznikile jibigendileyours (pl.) are wetalanıqıla jibigendiletheirs are wet

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