keçikgen
/ketʃikɡen/
past participle of keçigirge →
belated, late, coming after the proper time
- keçikgen kögetle — late fruit
- keçikgen qonguraw — a late bell
- keçikgen jangur — a belated rain
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formis / are belated | menikimeniki keçikgendi | senikiseniki keçikgendi | anıqıanıqı keçikgendi | biznikibizniki keçikgendi | siznikisizniki keçikgendi | alanıqıalanıqı keçikgendi |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formis / are belated | menikilemenikile keçikgendile | senikilesenikile keçikgendile | anıqılaanıqıla keçikgendile | biznikilebiznikile keçikgendile | siznikilesiznikile keçikgendile | alanıqılaalanıqıla keçikgendile |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu keçikgendi, bıla keçikgendile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".
Which reading? Look at what follows.
| keçikgen + noun | the one who is late (the noun is the doer) |
|---|---|
| keçikgeni, nothing after | someone's being late |
| keçikgeni under bilirge, körürge | that someone is late |
With an owner
| my | keçikgenimmy having been late |
|---|---|
| your | keçikgeningyour having been late |
| his / her | keçikgenihis / her having been late |
| our | keçikgenibizour having been late |
| you all's | keçikgenigizyou all's having been late |
| their | keçikgenleritheir having been late |
Cases with an owner
The endings on keçikgeni, the form with a third-person owner. Every other owner takes the same six.
| nominative | keçikgenihis / her having been late |
|---|---|
| genitive | keçikgeninihis / her having been late's |
| accusative | keçikgeninhis / her having been late |
| dative | keçikgenineto his / her having been late |
| locative | keçikgenindewhen he / she was late |
| ablative | keçikgenindenafter he / she was late |
Negative
| the negative | keçigmegenthe one that was not late |
|---|---|
| his / her | keçigmegenihis / her not having been late |