tünene
/tynene/
1. yesterday
- tünene bardım — I went yesterday
- tünene toyda bolduq — we were at the wedding yesterday
- tünene ertdembla — yesterday morning
- jaŋı Ay tünene tuwğandı — the new moon was born yesterday
- tata tünene işden keç kelgendi — Dad came home late from work yesterday
- tünene oğuna — only yesterday
2. yesterday's, last, previous — Used before a noun, of the day or night just past, as in tünene keçe "last night".
- tünene keçe — last night
- tünene keçe jaŋur jawdu — it rained last night
Expressions
- tünene aşağanın unuturğa — become forgetful
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki tünenedimine is yesterday's | seniki tünenediyours is yesterday's | anıqı tünenedihis is yesterday's | bizniki tünenediours is yesterday's | sizniki tünenediyours (pl.) is yesterday's | alanıqı tüneneditheirs is yesterday's |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile tünenedilemine are yesterday's | senikile tünenedileyours are yesterday's | anıqıla tünenedilehis are yesterday's | biznikile tünenedileours are yesterday's | siznikile tünenedileyours (pl.) are yesterday's | alanıqıla tünenediletheirs are yesterday's |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu tünenedi, bıla tünenedile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".