meniça
/menitʃa/
like me, as I do — Built on meni, the possessor form of men, with the ending meaning "like". An older person thanks a younger one with meniça qartlıqğa jaşa "live to old age as I have".
- meniça et — do as I do
- sen da meniça işle — you too work the way I do
- ol meniça jırlaydı — he sings the way I do
- meniça adamla köbdüle — there are many people like me
- sen da meniça süyseŋ edi — if only you too loved the way I do
- meniça qaraŋı adam tülse sen — you are not an ignorant person like me
- meniça qartlıqğa jaşa! — live to old age as I have!
Expressions
- meniça kim bardı — brag, put on airs
Cases
| Case | buthis | bılathese | menI | senyou | olhe / she / it · that | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey · those |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | buthis | bılathese | menI | senyou | olhe · that | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey · those |
| Genitive & accusative | munuof this / this (as the object) | bılanıof these / these (as the object) | menimy / me | seniyour / you | anıhis, her, its / him, her, it · of that / that (as the object) | bizniour / us | sizniyour / you all | alanıtheir / them · of those / those (as the object) |
| Dative | mıŋato this | bılağato these | menŋeto me | senŋeto you | aŋato him / her / it · to that | bizgeto us | sizgeto you all | alağato them · to those |
| Locative | mındain this | bıladain these | mendeat me / on me | sendeat you | andaat him / her / it · in that | bizdeat us | sizdeat you all | aladaat them · in those |
| Ablative | mındanfrom this | bıladanfrom these | mendenfrom me | sendenfrom you | andanfrom him / her / it · from that | bizdenfrom us | sizdenfrom you all | aladanfrom them · from those |
| Like | munuçalike this | bılaçalike these | meniçalike me | seniçalike you | anıçalike him / her / it · like that | bizniçalike us | sizniçalike you all | alaçalike them · like those |
| bla | munu blawith this | bıla blawith these | meni blawith me | seni blawith you | anı blawith him / her / it · with that | bizni blawith us | sizni blawith you all | ala blawith them · with those |
| üçün | munu üçünfor this | bıla üçünfor these | meni üçünfor me | seni üçünfor you | anı üçünfor him / her / it · for that | bizni üçünfor us | sizni üçünfor you all | ala üçünfor them · for those |
| kibik | munu kibiklike this | bıla kibiklike these | meni kibiklike me | seni kibiklike you | anı kibiklike him / her / it · like that | bizni kibiklike us | sizni kibiklike you all | ala kibiklike them · like those |