Karachay

sora

/sora/

1. (postp.) after, after that — Follows a noun or verb form in the ablative case: işden sora "after work", kelgenden sora "after he comes".
  • aşağandan sora — after eating
  • biz ketgenden sora — after we have gone
  • ol künden sora — after that day
  • andan sora — after that
  • bügünden sora — from today on
  • andan sora süygeniŋça eterse — after that you will do as you like
  • endiden sora alay ete turma — from now on, don't keep doing that
2. (adv.) then, afterward, next — Also links clauses or verbs as "and then": sora soluybuz "and then we rest".
  • sora biz Moskvağa jetdik — then we reached Moscow
  • sora qoşha kirdi — then he went into the hut
  • sora başladı — then he began
  • oquybuz, işleybiz, sora soluybuz — we study, we work, then we rest
  • sora hayda kül, hayda quwan — then come on, laugh; come on, rejoice
5. (ptcl.) emphatic particle opening a remark or question: and, and yet, so, well
  • sora men qalay eteyim? — and what am I to do?
  • sora ol senŋe nege kerekdi? — and why do you need that?
  • sora dağıda mahtanasa — and yet you still boast
  • sora dağıda sen ullu söleşese! — and yet you still talk big!
  • sora dağıda menŋe ayıb etese! — and yet you blame me!