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Second person pronouns in Kyrgyz- "You"
Hello!
I am a student in the USA studying Kyrgyz in a class and I was wondering if anyone could translate these for me-
"What did you do?"- when talking to a sibling
"What did you do?"- when talking to someone you just met
"What did you do?"- when talking to an older relative (like a grandparent)
"What did you do?"- when talking to a pet
"What did you do?"- when talking to a close friend
Thanks!
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Language pair: English; Kyrgyz (Kara-Kirgiz, Kirghiz, Kirgiz)
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Re:
Hello there,
Kyrgyz has two past tenses that could be used to ask your question — the recent past and the distant past. It also has separate polite and familiar second-person pronouns. A polite pronoun would be used when speaking to someone whom you’ve just met, or to an older relative such as a grandparent; a familiar pronoun would be used when speaking to a pet, and would generally be used when speaking to a sibling or a close friend.
Thus, there are four basic variations on how to translate the question “What did you do?” into Kyrgyz:
• Эмне кылдыңыз? (recent past, affixed polite singular second-person pronoun)
• Эмне кылдың? (recent past, affixed familiar singular second-person pronoun)
• Эмне кылгансыз? (distant past, affixed polite singular second-person pronoun)
• Эмне кылгансың? (distant past, affixed familiar singular second-person pronoun)
Note that the distant past versions might be better translated as “What have you done?”.
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Language pair: English; Kyrgyz (Kara-Kirgiz, Kirghiz, Kirgiz)
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