teng
/teŋ/
Definitions
1. friend, companion
- jan tengim — my dearest friend
- halal teng — a true friend
- şkol tengle — school friends
- qısha tengle — close friends
2. peer, one of the same age
- ala tengledile — they are of the same age
- teng qızla — girls of the same age
- atam bla tengdi — he is of the same age as my father
3. equal, the same, of equal size
- teng ülüşle — equal shares
- boyları teng jaşla — young men of the same height
- ol senge teng tüldü — he is not your equal
- palton menge tengdi — the coat is just my size
4. equally, in equal shares; together, at the same time
- teng üleşirge — to divide in equal shares
- teng başlarğa — to begin at the same time
- teng keldik — we arrived at the same time
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Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tengthe friend | tenglethe friends | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tengnithe friend's | tenglenithe friends' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tengnithe friend (as the object) | tenglenithe friends (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tenggeto the friend | tenglegeto the friends | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tengdeat / in the friend | tengledeat / in the friends | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tengdenfrom the friend | tengledenfrom the friends | 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 | tengimmy friend | tenglerimmy friends |
| your | tengingyour friend | tengleringyour friends |
| his / her | tengihis / her friend | tenglerihis / her friends |
| our | tengibizour friend | tengleribizour friends |
| you all's | tengigizyou all's friend | tenglerigizyou all's friends |
| their | tengleritheir friend | tengleritheir friends |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tengleri can mean "his / her friends", "their friend", or "their friends" — context decides.
As an adjective
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men tengmeI am equal | biz tengbizwe are equal |
| 2nd person | sen tengseyou are equal | siz tengsizyou all are equal |
| 3rd person | ol tengdihe / she / it is equal | ala tengdilethey are equal |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu tengdithis is equal | bıla tengdilethese are equal |
| that / those | ol tengdithat / it is equal | ala tengdilethose / they are equal |
| mine | meniki tengdimine is equal | menikile tengdilemine are equal |
| yours | seniki tengdiyours is equal | senikile tengdileyours are equal |
| ours | bizniki tengdiours is equal | biznikile tengdileours are equal |