qayda
/qajda/
1. where — It also introduces a place clause, answered by anda in the main clause: qayda … anda "where … there".
- qayda jaşaysa? — where do you live?
- sen qaydasa? — where are you?
- qaydadı? — where is he?
- qayda körgense? — where did you see it?
- bügeçe qayda qonduğuz? — where did you spend the night?
- kitablarım qayda esele da bilmeyme — I do not know where my books are
- qayda körseŋ, anda — wherever you see it, there
2. anywhere, everywhere, somewhere — Which reading applies depends on the following particle: da everywhere, ese da somewhere, bolsa da anywhere.
- qayda da — everywhere
- soqurğa qayda da qaraŋı — for a blind man it is dark everywhere
- anı qayda ese da körgenme — I have seen him somewhere
- qayda bolsa da tabarsa — you will find it somewhere
- anı atı qayda da belgilidi — his name is known everywhere
3. every, any, all kinds of
- qayda aman hapar — all kinds of bad news
- qayda teli da — every fool
- qayda jarlı da — every poor man
- qayda jaramağannı sen söleşese — you talk all kinds of nonsense
4. come on!, come now! — Urges someone to act.
- qayda bir oqu! — come on, read a little!
- qayda, ızımdan kirigiz — come on, come in after me
- qayda, bir jırla bizge — come on, sing us a song
- qayda, terk keligiz beri — come on, come here quickly
5. now … now …; sometimes … sometimes … — Used in pairs to mark alternating people, things, or actions.
- qayda sen, qayda ol — now you, now him
- qayda birew, qayda ekew — sometimes one person, sometimes two
- at qayda çabadı, qayda tohtaydı — the horse now runs, now stops
- qayda küleme, qayda jilyayma — now I laugh, now I cry
6. much, far — It strengthens a comparison, with the thing compared against in the ablative.
- andan qayda ullu üy — a much bigger house than that
- menden qayda tamadala da — even those much older than me
- ol menden qayda küçlüdü — he is much stronger than me
- bu jol andan qayda qıyındı — this road is much harder than that one
Expressions
- qayda da — no way
- qayda qışlağanın bilmezge — know nothing about
Here and there
| Place | mındahere | andathere | qaydawhere? | bılaydaright here | alaydaright there | qalaydaat what spot? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where | mındahere | andathere | qaydawhere? | bılaydaright here | alaydaright there | qalaydaat what spot? |
| Where to | berithis way, over here | arıthat way, over there | qayrıwhere to? | bılayğato this spot | alayğato that spot | qalayğato what spot? |
| Where from | mındanfrom here | andanfrom there | qaydanfrom where? | bılaydanfrom this spot | alaydanfrom that spot | qalaydanfrom what spot? |
| Of the place | mındağıof this place | andağıof that place | bılaydağıof this spot | alaydağıof that spot | qalaydağıof what spot? |