kerti
/kerti/
Definitions
1. true, genuine, real, actual
- kerti adam — a true man, a real human being
- kerti altın — genuine gold
- kerti teng qıyınlıqda tanılır — a true friend is known in trouble
- kerti söz — a true word, the truth
2. faithful, loyal, true to something
- sözünge kerti bolurğa — to be true to your word
- kerti juwuq — a close and faithful kinsman
- kerti tenglik — true, faithful friendship
3. truth, the truth of a matter
- kertisi alaydı — the truth of it is so
- kertisin aytsaq — if we tell the truth, to tell the truth
- kertini kirit tıymaz — a lock will not hold back the truth
- kertige uşağan — resembling the truth, plausible
Related
kertiçicognatetruthful, honest, devoted to the truth; faithful, loyal, true to someone or something
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Degrees
| base form | kertitrue |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | kertirektruer |
| intensifier — very | bek kertivery true |
| superlative — most | em kertithe truest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden kertidi — "compared to me, he is true."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men kertimeI am true | biz kertibizwe are true |
| 2nd person | sen kertiseyou are true | siz kertisizyou all are true |
| 3rd person | ol kertidihe / she / it is true | ala kertidilethey are true |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu kertidithis is true | bıla kertidilethese are true |
| that / those | ol kertidithat / it is true | ala kertidilethose / they are true |
| mine | meniki kertidimine is true | menikile kertidilemine are true |
| yours | seniki kertidiyours is true | senikile kertidileyours are true |
| ours | bizniki kertidiours is true | biznikile kertidileours are true |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kertithe truth | kertilethe truths | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | kertinithe truth's | kertilenithe truths' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | kertinithe truth (as the object) | kertilenithe truths (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | kertigeto the truth | kertilegeto the truths | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | kertideat / in the truth | kertiledeat / in the truths | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | kertidenfrom the truth | kertiledenfrom the truths | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | kertimmy truth | kertilerimmy truths |
| your | kertingyour truth | kertileringyour truths |
| his / her | kertisihis / her truth | kertilerihis / her truths |
| our | kertibizour truth | kertileribizour truths |
| you all's | kertigizyou all's truth | kertilerigizyou all's truths |
| their | kertileritheir truth | kertileritheir truths |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kertileri can mean "his / her truths", "their truth", or "their truths" — context decides.