nença
/nentʃa/
1. how many — The counted noun after it stays singular. nença sağat boladı asks what time it is.
- nença adam bardı? — how many people are there?
- nença adam keldi? — how many people came?
- nença kere? — how many times?
- senŋe nença jıl bolğandı? — how old are you?
- anŋa nença jıl bolğandı? — how old is he?
- sağat nençadı? — what time is it?
- üyge qaythanlı nença kün boladı? — how many days has it been since he came back home?
- nença kere aytdım? — how many times did I say it?
2. what a lot of, how many — Exclamatory, saying the number is surprisingly large. one source
- nença adam kelgendi! — what a lot of people have come!
- nença jerge barırğa tüşdü! — how many places I had to go to!
- nença jıl ozğandı! — how many years have passed!
- nença kitab oquğandı! — how many books he has read!
- nença adamnı açıtadı! — how many people it hurts!
- nença kere aythanma senŋe! — how many times I have told you!
3. however many — In concessive clauses, where the verb takes a conditional form with a following concessive particle.
- nença aytdıq esek da — however many times we said it
- nença kelsem da — however many times I come
- nença kere aytsaŋ da — however many times you say it
- nença adam kelse da — however many people come
4. as many as, how many (introducing a relative clause of quantity or degree) — Used as a relative word in clauses of measure or degree, stating the number or amount of something.
- nença süyseŋ, ança al — take as many as you like
- nença kerek ese, ança al — take as many as you need
Expressions
- nença mıshal tarthanın bilirge — size someone up