kere
/kere/ · plural kerele
1. time, occurrence, instance (of an action) — Counts how often something happens: bir kere once, eki kere twice, birinçi kere for the first time.
- bir kere — once
- bir nença kere — several times
- ança kere — so many times
- bir kere aytdım — I said it once
- men seni birinçi kere köreme — I am seeing you for the first time
- nença kere? — how many times?
- ol bizge üç kere kelgendi — he has come to us three times
- ahır kere senŋe aytama — I am telling you for the last time
- anı üsünden köb kere söleşgenbiz — we have spoken about it many times
2. times, -fold — With a cardinal numeral it says how many times greater or smaller something is, often before köb or az: eki kere az half as much, two times less.
- on kere köb — ten times more
- qorançla eki kere az bolğandıla — the expenses have become two times less
- jeti kere ulludu — it is seven times bigger
- senden üç kere köb işleyme — I work three times more than you
- halq on kere köb boldu — the population became ten times larger
- tirlik eki kere köb bolğandı — the harvest was twice as large
Expressions
- eki keremi öllükdü — you only die once
- miŋ kere şukur bolsun — thanks be to God
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kerethe time | keremmy time | kereŋyour time | keresihis time | kerebizour time | keregizyou all's time | kereleritheir times |
| Genitive | kerenithe time's | keremimy time's | kereŋiyour time's | keresinihis time's | kerebizniour time's | keregizniyou all's time's | kerelerinitheir times' |
| Accusative | kerenithe time (as the object) | keremimy time (as the object) | kereŋiyour time (as the object) | keresinhis time (as the object) | kerebizniour time (as the object) | keregizniyou all's time (as the object) | kerelerintheir times (as the object) |
| Dative | keregeto the time | keremeto my time | kereŋeto your time | keresineto his time | kerebizgeto our time | keregizgeto you all's time | kerelerineto their times |
| Locative | keredein / at the time | keremdein / at my time | kereŋdein / at your time | keresindein / at his time | kerebizdein / at our time | keregizdein / at you all's time | kerelerindein / at their times |
| Ablative | keredenfrom the time | keremdenfrom my time | kereŋdenfrom your time | keresindenfrom his time | kerebizdenfrom our time | keregizdenfrom you all's time | kerelerindenfrom their times |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kerelethe times | kerelerimmy times | kereleriŋyour times | kerelerihis times | kereleribizour times | kerelerigizyou all's times | kereleritheir times |
| Genitive | kerelenithe times' | kerelerimimy times' | kereleriŋiyour times' | kerelerinihis times' | kereleribizniour times' | kerelerigizniyou all's times' | kerelerinitheir times' |
| Accusative | kerelenithe times (as the object) | kerelerimimy times (as the object) | kereleriŋiyour times (as the object) | kerelerinhis times (as the object) | kereleribizniour times (as the object) | kerelerigizniyou all's times (as the object) | kerelerintheir times (as the object) |
| Dative | kerelegeto the times | kerelerimeto my times | kereleriŋeto your times | kerelerineto his times | kereleribizgeto our times | kerelerigizgeto you all's times | kerelerineto their times |
| Locative | kereledein / at the times | kerelerimdein / at my times | kereleriŋdein / at your times | kerelerindein / at his times | kereleribizdein / at our times | kerelerigizdein / at you all's times | kerelerindein / at their times |
| Ablative | kereledenfrom the times | kerelerimdenfrom my times | kereleriŋdenfrom your times | kerelerindenfrom his times | kereleribizdenfrom our times | kerelerigizdenfrom you all's times | kerelerindenfrom their times |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kereleri can mean "his / her times", "their time", or "their times" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.