sawbitgen
/sawbitɡen/
Definitions
1. well-grown, strapping, of large and healthy build
- sawbitgen jaş — a strapping young man
- sawbitgen qız — a well-grown girl
- sawbitgen adam — a person of large build
2. a strapping fellow, a person of unusual size
- elni sawbitgeni — the strapping fellow of the village
- sawbitgenle bla tübeşdi — he met with the men of large build
- sawbitgen bolub ösgendi — he has grown up a strapping man
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Degrees
| base form | sawbitgenstrapping |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | sawbitgenirekmore strapping |
| intensifier — very | bek sawbitgenvery strapping |
| superlative — most | em sawbitgenthe most strapping |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden sawbitgendi — "compared to me, he is strapping."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men sawbitgenmeI am strapping | biz sawbitgenbizwe are strapping |
| 2nd person | sen sawbitgenseyou are strapping | siz sawbitgensizyou all are strapping |
| 3rd person | ol sawbitgendihe / she / it is strapping | ala sawbitgendilethey are strapping |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sawbitgenthe strapping fellow | sawbitgenlethe strapping fellows | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | sawbitgennithe strapping fellow's | sawbitgenlenithe strapping fellows' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | sawbitgennithe strapping fellow (as the object) | sawbitgenlenithe strapping fellows (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | sawbitgengeto the strapping fellow | sawbitgenlegeto the strapping fellows | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | sawbitgendeat / in the strapping fellow | sawbitgenledeat / in the strapping fellows | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | sawbitgendenfrom the strapping fellow | sawbitgenledenfrom the strapping fellows | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | sawbitgenimmy strapping fellow | sawbitgenlerimmy strapping fellows |
| your | sawbitgeningyour strapping fellow | sawbitgenleringyour strapping fellows |
| his / her | sawbitgenihis / her strapping fellow | sawbitgenlerihis / her strapping fellows |
| our | sawbitgenibizour strapping fellow | sawbitgenleribizour strapping fellows |
| you all's | sawbitgenigizyou all's strapping fellow | sawbitgenlerigizyou all's strapping fellows |
| their | sawbitgenleritheir strapping fellow | sawbitgenleritheir strapping fellows |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: sawbitgenleri can mean "his / her strapping fellows", "their strapping fellow", or "their strapping fellows" — context decides.