Karachay

nek

/nek/

1. (adv.) why, what for
  • nek kelgense? — why have you come?
  • nek ketese? — why are you leaving?
  • alay nek aytdı? — why did he say that?
  • bu bılay nek boladı? — why does it turn out this way?
  • nek sağışlı bolduŋ? — why have you grown thoughtful?
  • ala bizge nek aytmadıla? — why did they not tell us?
  • siz nek kelmegen edigiz? — why had you not come?
2. (conj.) because, since — Karachay says this with the phrase nek deseŋ, literally 'if you ask why', placed before the reason it gives.
  • nek deseŋ, tışında suwuqdu — because it is cold outside
  • nek deseŋ, jol jabılğandı — because the road has been closed
  • nek deseŋ, hapar aman edi — because the news was bad