saylağan
/sajlaʁan/
past participle of saylarğa →
1. choosing, selecting, one who chooses
- tüzlük jolun saylağanma — I have chosen the straight road
- nazmu saylağan — one who chose a poem
- saylağan adam — a person who chooses
2. chosen, selected
- saylağan sözlerigiz — your chosen words
- saylağan jolum — my chosen road
3. particular, choosy, hard to please, capricious
- saylağan sayğa — the choosy one ends up on the shoal — a proverb
- saylağannga çiy gırjın — raw bread for the fussy one — a proverb
- ol bek saylağan adamdı — he is a very hard man to please
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formam/is/are chosen | mensaylağanma | sensaylağansa | olsaylağandı | bizsaylağanbız | sizsaylağansız | alasaylağandıla |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden saylağandı — "compared to me, he is chosen."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formis / are chosen | menikimeniki saylağandı | senikiseniki saylağandı | anıqıanıqı saylağandı | biznikibizniki saylağandı | siznikisizniki saylağandı | alanıqıalanıqı saylağandı |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formis / are chosen | menikilemenikile saylağandıla | senikilesenikile saylağandıla | anıqılaanıqıla saylağandıla | biznikilebiznikile saylağandıla | siznikilesiznikile saylağandıla | alanıqılaalanıqıla saylağandıla |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu saylağandı, bıla saylağandıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".
Which reading? Look at what follows.
| saylağan + noun | the one who chooses (the noun is the doer) |
|---|---|
| saylağan + noun with an owner ending | the thing someone chooses |
| saylağanı, nothing after | what someone chooses |
| saylağanı under bilirge, körürge | that someone chooses |
With an owner
| my | saylağanımmy having chosen |
|---|---|
| your | saylağanıngyour having chosen |
| his / her | saylağanıhis / her having chosen |
| our | saylağanıbızour having chosen |
| you all's | saylağanığızyou all's having chosen |
| their | saylağanlarıtheir having chosen |
Cases with an owner
The endings on saylağanı, the form with a third-person owner. Every other owner takes the same six.
| nominative | saylağanıhis / her having chosen |
|---|---|
| genitive | saylağanınıhis / her having chosen's |
| accusative | saylağanınhis / her having chosen |
| dative | saylağanınato his / her having chosen |
| locative | saylağanındawhen he / she chose |
| ablative | saylağanındanafter he / she chose |
Negative
| the negative | saylamağanthe one that didn't choose |
|---|---|
| his / her | saylamağanıhis / her not having chosen |