niet
/niet/ · plural nietle
1. intention, purpose, design, plan — With eterge it means intend or plan to do something.
- niet eterge — to intend, to form an intention
- Moskvağa barırğa niet eteme — I intend to go to Moscow
- igi niet bla — with good intentions
- anı nieti tazadı — his intention is pure
- nietim qardan aq edi — my intention was whiter than snow
- tuwğan jurtuna qaytır niet aldı — he formed the intention to return to his native land
2. idea, thought, opinion, conviction — It also means the main idea of a work, such as a painting or a book. Before another noun it means ideological, having to do with ideas or convictions.
- ol nietni qaydan tabdıŋ? — where did you come by that idea?
- nietiŋi ayt — say what you think
- nietleri bir tüldü — their opinions do not agree
- işibiz, nietibiz da birdi — our work and our ideas are one
- bir nietde tohtarğa — to settle on one idea, to reach agreement
- poetni nieti jarlılağa juwuqdu — the poet's ideas are close to the poor
- halqnı nieti — the ideas of the people
- niet küreş — ideological struggle
Expressions
- qara niet tutarğa — bear ill will
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nietthe intention | nietimmy intention | nietiŋyour intention | nietihis intention | nietibizour intention | nietigizyou all's intention | nietleritheir intentions |
| Genitive | nietnithe intention's | nietimimy intention's | nietiŋiyour intention's | nietinihis intention's | nietibizniour intention's | nietigizniyou all's intention's | nietlerinitheir intentions' |
| Accusative | nietnithe intention (as the object) | nietimimy intention (as the object) | nietiŋiyour intention (as the object) | nietinhis intention (as the object) | nietibizniour intention (as the object) | nietigizniyou all's intention (as the object) | nietlerintheir intentions (as the object) |
| Dative | nietgeto the intention | nietimeto my intention | nietiŋeto your intention | nietineto his intention | nietibizgeto our intention | nietigizgeto you all's intention | nietlerineto their intentions |
| Locative | nietdein / at the intention | nietimdein / at my intention | nietiŋdein / at your intention | nietindein / at his intention | nietibizdein / at our intention | nietigizdein / at you all's intention | nietlerindein / at their intentions |
| Ablative | nietdenfrom the intention | nietimdenfrom my intention | nietiŋdenfrom your intention | nietindenfrom his intention | nietibizdenfrom our intention | nietigizdenfrom you all's intention | nietlerindenfrom their intentions |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nietlethe intentions | nietlerimmy intentions | nietleriŋyour intentions | nietlerihis intentions | nietleribizour intentions | nietlerigizyou all's intentions | nietleritheir intentions |
| Genitive | nietlenithe intentions' | nietlerimimy intentions' | nietleriŋiyour intentions' | nietlerinihis intentions' | nietleribizniour intentions' | nietlerigizniyou all's intentions' | nietlerinitheir intentions' |
| Accusative | nietlenithe intentions (as the object) | nietlerimimy intentions (as the object) | nietleriŋiyour intentions (as the object) | nietlerinhis intentions (as the object) | nietleribizniour intentions (as the object) | nietlerigizniyou all's intentions (as the object) | nietlerintheir intentions (as the object) |
| Dative | nietlegeto the intentions | nietlerimeto my intentions | nietleriŋeto your intentions | nietlerineto his intentions | nietleribizgeto our intentions | nietlerigizgeto you all's intentions | nietlerineto their intentions |
| Locative | nietledein / at the intentions | nietlerimdein / at my intentions | nietleriŋdein / at your intentions | nietlerindein / at his intentions | nietleribizdein / at our intentions | nietlerigizdein / at you all's intentions | nietlerindein / at their intentions |
| Ablative | nietledenfrom the intentions | nietlerimdenfrom my intentions | nietleriŋdenfrom your intentions | nietlerindenfrom his intentions | nietleribizdenfrom our intentions | nietlerigizdenfrom you all's intentions | nietlerindenfrom their intentions |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: nietleri can mean "his / her intentions", "their intention", or "their intentions" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.