yapon
/japon/
Japanese
- yapon til — the Japanese language
- yapon tişirıw — a Japanese woman
- yapon halq — the Japanese people
- yapon uruşda — in the Japanese war
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | yaponmaI am Japanese | yaponsayou are Japanese | yaponduhe is Japanese | yaponbuzwe are Japanese | yaponsuzyou all are Japanese | yapondulathey are Japanese |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden yapondu — "compared to me, he is Japanese."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki yapondumine is Japanese | seniki yaponduyours is Japanese | anıqı yaponduhis is Japanese | bizniki yaponduours is Japanese | sizniki yaponduyours (pl.) is Japanese | alanıqı yapondutheirs is Japanese |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile yapondulamine are Japanese | senikile yapondulayours are Japanese | anıqıla yapondulahis are Japanese | biznikile yapondulaours are Japanese | siznikile yapondulayours (pl.) are Japanese | alanıqıla yapondulatheirs are Japanese |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu yapondu, bıla yapondula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".