Emet
now
at about fifty
Emet
now
at about fifty years
at around five
let us go
hour
about seven and a half
it became
evening hour
at around ten
I sleep
Paj-Puj: Plural Suffixes to Express Approximates Ages and Times
Plural Suffixes to Express Approximates Ages and Times
تەخمىنىي ياش ۋە ۋاقىت بىلدۈرىدىغان كۆپلۈك قوشۇمچىسى
One may express approximate ages or approximate times (hours of the day) in Uyghur by attaching the plural suffix لار|لەر to the number approximated.
Emet's about fifty now.
.ئەمەت ھازىر ئەللىكلەردە
.ئەمەت ھازىر ئەللىك ياشلاردا
Let's go at around five.
.بەشلەردە ماڭايلى
It's about seven thirty.
.سائەت يەتتە يېرىملار بولدى
I go to bed at around ten at night.
.كەچ سائەت ئونلاردا ياتىمەن
See also: ,
References
- Personal research/experience
- Tarjei Engesæth, Mahire Yakup, Arienne M. Dwyer, "Greetings from the Teklimakan: a handbook of Modern Uyghur". University of Kansas: Kansas, 2009. (p. 171, 190-191)
- Hämit Tömür, "Modern Uyghur Grammar" (translation by Anne Lee). Yıldız: Istanbul, 2003. (p. 49-50)
- Reinhard F. Hahn, Ablahat Ibrahim, "Spoken Uyghur". University of Washington Press: Seattle, 1991. (p. 119)
- 米海力, "维吾尔语喀什话研究"。中央民族大学出版社: 北京, 1997。 (p. 77)