saw
/saw/
1. well, healthy, in good health
- saw bolurğa — to get well, to recover
- awruğan saw bolğandı — the sick person has recovered
- atam endi saw bolğandı — my father has now recovered
- darmannı içdi da, saw boldu — he took the medicine and got well
- men saw bolsam, işge barırma — if I get well, I will go to work
- saw bolmazlıq awruw — an incurable illness
- saw bol — thank you (literally "be well")
2. alive, living, unharmed
- saw adam — a living man
- seni ataŋ sawmudu? — is your father alive?
- ol saw zamanda — while he was alive
- janım sawdan — while I am alive
- atam saw zamanda keliwçen ediŋ — you used to come when my father was alive
- ol uruşdan saw qaythandı — he came back from the war alive
- adamla barısı da saw qalğandıla — all the people stayed alive
- appam saw ese da, bilmeybiz — we do not know whether my grandfather is alive
3. whole, entire
- saw kün — a whole day
- saw jıl — a whole year
- saw keçe — a whole night
- biz saw künnü anda turğanbız — we stayed there the whole day
- saw keçeni juqlamağanma — I did not sleep the whole night
- saw jılnı mında işlegendi — he worked here for a whole year
- saw gırjınnı aşadı — ate a whole flatbread
- saw şışa tartıldı — a whole bottle was drunk
- saw kitabnı oqub çığarğa — to read through a whole book
- saw duniyağa belgili — known to the whole world
4. intact, untouched, undivided, undamaged — For example saw gırjın an uncut flatbread, saw harbız an uncut watermelon.
- saw gırjın — an uncut flatbread
- saw harbız — an uncut watermelon
- saw geben — an untouched haystack
- saw gebenden aldı — took from the untouched haystack
5. sturdy, strong, strapping — For example saw jaş a strapping young man.
- saw jaş — a strapping young man
- saw bitgen adam — a sturdily built person
Expressions
- anadan tuwma saw bolurğa — perfectly healthy
- men saw bolayım derge — count on me
- saw aylan — stay safe and sound
- saw bol — greeting reply; thank you
Degrees and persons
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | sawmaI am well | sawsayou are well | sawduhe is well | sawbuzwe are well | sawsuzyou all are well | sawdulathey are well |
| comparative — more | sawraqmaI am better | sawraqsayou are better | sawraqdıhe is better | sawraqbızwe are better | sawraqsızyou all are better | sawraqdılathey are better |
| intensifier — very | bek sawmaI am very well | bek sawsayou are very well | bek sawduhe is very well | bek sawbuzwe are very well | bek sawsuzyou all are very well | bek sawdulathey are very well |
| superlative — most | em sawmaI am the best | em sawsayou are the best | em sawduhe is the best | em sawbuzwe are the best | em sawsuzyou all are the best | em sawdulathey are the best |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden sawdu — "compared to me, he is well."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki sawdumine is well | seniki sawduyours is well | anıqı sawduhis is well | bizniki sawduours is well | sizniki sawduyours (pl.) is well | alanıqı sawdutheirs is well |
| comparative — more | meniki sawraqdımine is better | seniki sawraqdıyours is better | anıqı sawraqdıhis is better | bizniki sawraqdıours is better | sizniki sawraqdıyours (pl.) is better | alanıqı sawraqdıtheirs is better |
| intensifier — very | meniki bek sawdumine is very well | seniki bek sawduyours is very well | anıqı bek sawduhis is very well | bizniki bek sawduours is very well | sizniki bek sawduyours (pl.) is very well | alanıqı bek sawdutheirs is very well |
| superlative — most | meniki em sawdumine is the best | seniki em sawduyours is the best | anıqı em sawduhis is the best | bizniki em sawduours is the best | sizniki em sawduyours (pl.) is the best | alanıqı em sawdutheirs is the best |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile sawdulamine are well | senikile sawdulayours are well | anıqıla sawdulahis are well | biznikile sawdulaours are well | siznikile sawdulayours (pl.) are well | alanıqıla sawdulatheirs are well |
| comparative — more | menikile sawraqdılamine are better | senikile sawraqdılayours are better | anıqıla sawraqdılahis are better | biznikile sawraqdılaours are better | siznikile sawraqdılayours (pl.) are better | alanıqıla sawraqdılatheirs are better |
| intensifier — very | menikile bek sawdulamine are very well | senikile bek sawdulayours are very well | anıqıla bek sawdulahis are very well | biznikile bek sawdulaours are very well | siznikile bek sawdulayours (pl.) are very well | alanıqıla bek sawdulatheirs are very well |
| superlative — most | menikile em sawdulamine are the best | senikile em sawdulayours are the best | anıqıla em sawdulahis are the best | biznikile em sawdulaours are the best | siznikile em sawdulayours (pl.) are the best | alanıqıla em sawdulatheirs are the best |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu sawdu, bıla sawdula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".