Karachay — dictionary, grammar and lessons
Word of the day: taw — mountain
Word of the day: at — horse
Word of the day: ayran — salted yoghurt drink
Word of the day: cürek — heart
Word of the day: barırğa — to go
Word of the day: kök — sky
Word of the day: ariw — beautiful
Word of the day: börü — wolf
Word of the day: gırcın — bread
Word of the day: bilirge — to know
Word of the day: cangur — rain
Word of the day: teng — friend
Word of the day: hıçın — filled flatbread
Word of the day: tülkü — fox
Word of the day: süyerge — to love
Word of the day: kar — snow
Word of the day: süt — milk
Word of the day: üydegi — family
Word of the day: terek — tree
Word of the day: aşarğa — to eat
Word of the day: cel — wind
Word of the day: bulbul — nightingale
Word of the day: igi — good
Word of the day: köl — lake
Word of the day: bışlak — cheese
Word of the day: kiştik — cat
Word of the day: kelin — bride
Word of the day: cer — land
Word of the day: tukum — family name
Word of the day: iynanırğa — to believe
Word of the day: tübeşirge — to meet
Lessons
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1. Reading Karachay
The three spellings, the handful of new sounds, and why vowels travel in packs.
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2. Pronouns and the simple past
Six pronouns, six endings — and your first real sentences.
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3. The present
One tense does the work of two: "I go" and "I'm going".
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Verbs
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barırğa
to go
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kelirge
to come
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bilirge
to know
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Nouns
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taw
mountain
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at
horse
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ana
mother
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Adjectives
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ariw
beautiful
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igi
good
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ullu
big
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Other words
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men
I
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ho
yes
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kayda
where
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Word banks
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Pronouns
6 cases
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Question words
11 entries
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Greetings & courtesy
11 entries
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