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* "Мен(ің) тамақ ішкім келеді" - ''I want to eat.'' | * "Мен(ің) тамақ ішкім келеді" - ''I want to eat.'' | ||
* "Ол мен(ің) нені көргенімді білмейді" - ''S/he doesn't know what I saw.'' | * "Ол мен(ің) нені көргенімді білмейді" - ''S/he doesn't know what I saw.'' | ||
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| + | == Subject movement in questions == | ||
| + | * Сен көрдің бе? / Көрдің бе сен? | ||
| + | * (Сен) не көрдің? / *Не көрдің *(*бе) сен? | ||
== Kyrgyz's many problems == | == Kyrgyz's many problems == | ||
Revision as of 03:41, 5 March 2007
These are things that I was surprised to find attested (and common!) in Kazakh, or things that are linguistically odd in some way.
Contents
3rd Person in unquoted quoted speech
- Кім екенін мен білмейді деп ойлай ма?
- who ~being-ACC I know-NEG-PresPART-3rd ~as think-PresPART Q?
- Does she think I don't know who it is?
Possession not mandatory for inalienable(?) things
- "біздің қораның" instead of "біздің қорамыздың" ("our barn")
Possessed things as adjectives
- "шашы ұзын қыз" - "long haired girl"
- compare:
- қызыл түсті зат - red coloured thing
- түсі қызыл зат - its-colour red thing
бар possession problem
- ит бар адам
- dog COP man
- the man who has a/the dog
Nom/Gen variation with certain verb forms
- "Мен(ің) тамақ ішкім келеді" - I want to eat.
- "Ол мен(ің) нені көргенімді білмейді" - S/he doesn't know what I saw.
Subject movement in questions
- Сен көрдің бе? / Көрдің бе сен?
- (Сен) не көрдің? / *Не көрдің *(*бе) сен?
Kyrgyz's many problems
- "Мени келет деп ойлойт" - "S/he thinks that I will come"
