oqumağan
/oqumaʁan/
uneducated, illiterate, unschooled, untrained — Originally the negative participle of oqurğa "read, study"; it is also used on its own for an uneducated person, as in oqumağan adam "an uneducated person" and the saying oqumağan soqur "an uneducated person is as good as blind".
- oqumağan adam — an uneducated person
- ol oqumağan adamdı — he is an uneducated person
- oqumağan soqurdu — the uneducated one is blind
- oquğan ozar, oqumağan tozar — the educated one gets ahead, the uneducated one falls behind
- ellerinde oqumağan adamla köb edile — there were many uneducated people in their villages
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | oqumağanmaI am uneducated | oqumağansayou are uneducated | oqumağandıhe is uneducated | oqumağanbızwe are uneducated | oqumağansızyou all are uneducated | oqumağandılathey are uneducated |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden oqumağandı — "compared to me, he is uneducated."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki oqumağandımine is uneducated | seniki oqumağandıyours is uneducated | anıqı oqumağandıhis is uneducated | bizniki oqumağandıours is uneducated | sizniki oqumağandıyours (pl.) is uneducated | alanıqı oqumağandıtheirs is uneducated |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile oqumağandılamine are uneducated | senikile oqumağandılayours are uneducated | anıqıla oqumağandılahis are uneducated | biznikile oqumağandılaours are uneducated | siznikile oqumağandılayours (pl.) are uneducated | alanıqıla oqumağandılatheirs are uneducated |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu oqumağandı, bıla oqumağandıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".