qayrı
/qajrɯ/
1. where to — Also used in exclamatory questions meant to stop or hold someone back, as in qayrısa "where are you off to?"
- sen qayrı barasa? — where are you going?
- qayrı ketdile? — where did they go?
- qayrı kireyim? — where am I to go?
- kitabnı qayrı tıqdıŋ? — where did you stuff the book?
- qayrı ketgenin bilmeyme — I don't know where he went
2. why, what for
- qayrı aldarıqma men sizni? — why should I deceive you?
- qayrı aşığasa? — why are you hurrying?
- qayrı qorqasa? — why are you afraid?
3. wherever, anywhere, somewhere — Not a question here: it is followed by da, ese da or bolsa da, or it links a clause to a following arı.
- qayrı ese da ketdi — he went off somewhere
- qayrı bolsa da barayıq — let us go anywhere at all
- qayrı desegiz, arı — wherever you say, there
- qayrı kerek ese da, arı — wherever it is needed, there
- qayrı iysele, arı barlıqma — wherever they send me, I will go there
- qayrı da bar, anı körlükse — wherever you go, you will see him
4. used to deny emphatically: how could, no way
- menŋe qayrı sorluq edi! — how would he ever have asked me!
- seni kibikle meni qayrı küseydile — how would the likes of you want me
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? |