Azerbaijani stuff

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Resources to learn Azerbaijani

SpeakAzeri

FunkyAzerbaijani

Learning Azerbaijani

Basic Guide - Azeri

Azerbaijan Language Manual

Basic Course in Azerbaijani

AzerDict

Polymath

iLanguages

MyLanguages

Azerbaijani101

LearnAzerbaijani101

Travel Images

Omniglot

Unilang

Wikipedia

Wikibooks

Wikitravel

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Family members

Today I wanted to present you words family-related ailə - family ana - mum ata - dad qardaş - brother bacı - sister xala - aunt (mum's sister) bibi - aunt (dad's sister) dayı - uncle (mum's brother) əmi - uncle (dad's brother) bacı qızı - niece (aunt's daughter) qardaş qızı - niece (uncle's daughter) bacı oğlu - nephew (aunt's son) qardaş oğlu - nephew (uncle's son) qız - daughter oğul - son valideynlər - parents nənə - grandmother baba - grandfather baba - nənə - grandparents nəvə - grandson/granddaughter uşaq - child arvad - wife ər - husband I decided to put words for cousins last, as they can be quite confusing xalaqızı - cousin, girl (mum's sister daughter) xalaoğlu - cousin, boy (mum's sister son) bibiqızı - cousin, girl (dad's sister daughter) bibioğlu - cousin, boy (dad's sister son)

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Days of the week 1

In Azerbaijan there are two ways to say days of the week. Today I wanted to present the first one. The names literally mean “first day”, “second day” etc. 

birinci gün - Monday ikinci gün - Tuesday üçüncü  gün - Wednesay dördüncü gün - Thursday beşinci gün - Friday altıncı gün - Saturday yeddinci gün - Sunday

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Present tense

Hello everyone! I’m sorry I was absent for a bit, but now I’m back so we can study together again :) Today I wanted to present some more complicated stuff, which is conjugating verbs! It seems hard, but if you remember every verb other than imek is regular, it’s not that bad anymore! Based on: x

Remember conjugation of imek? It will be useful now, along the vowel harmony rules.  1. First, cut the infinitive suffix mək/mek/maq/mak  2. Add the present tense marker (y)ir/ır/ur/ür 3. If needed, add “y” which is a linking letter between vowels 4. Now add the proper personal form  Let’s conjugate “bilmək” - to know 1. bil- 2. bilir 3. mən biliryəm, sən bilirsən, o bilir,  biz bilirik  siz bilirsiniz onlar bilirlər

Let’s try with another verb “oxumak” - to read 1. oxu- 2. oxuyur 3. mən oxuyuram sən oxuyursan  o oxuyur  biz oxuyuruq siz oxuyursunuz  onlar oxuyurlar 

That’s it! See you next time

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Possesive suffixes

Yesterday we learned the possesive pronouns' forms, time for suffixes. The rule is easy - we add the suffix at the end of the word. The letters in the brackets are added if the word ends with a vowel. Regarding the vowel harmony, the letter in the bracket presented here is ı but it also can be i/u or ü Mənim -(ı)m Sənin -(ı)n Onun. -(s)ı Bizim. -(ı)mız Sizin -(ı)nız Onların. -(s)ı/-ları Let's analyze two examples - ad (name) and küçə (street) Mənim adım küçəm Sənin adın küçən Onun adı küçəsi Bizim adımız küçəmiz Sizim adınız küçəniz Onların adıları küçəlari

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Possesive pronouns

A short, but pretty useful post about another type of pronouns. The English equivalents are my, your, his and so on. Mənim - my Sənin - your Onun - his, her, its Bizim - our Sizin - your (plural) Orların - their See you next time!

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Ordinal numbers

Those forms used here will be useful to form days' of the week names. The suffixes are: inci, üncü (for numbers ending un e, ə, i, ö, ü) and ıncı, uncu (a, ı, o, u). You just need to add a suitable form to the basic number name. 1st - birinci 2nd - ikinci 3rd - üçüncü 4th - dördüncü 5th - beşinci 6th - altıncı 7th - yeddinci 8th - səkkizinci 9th - doqquzuncu 10th - onuncu Sabaha qədər!

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To be

The only irregular verb in Azeri (Spanish and French learners cheering in the background). It rarely appears in its basic form “imek”. Most of the time it’s conjugated and works as a suffix added at the end of a noun, adjective etc. Pay attention to the vowel harmony. Source: x

Mən - (y)am / (y)əm Sən - san / sən O - dır / dir / dur / dür Biz - (y)iq / (y)ik / (y)uq / (y)uk Siz - sınız, sız / siniz, siz / sunuz, suz / sünüz, süz Onlar - dır(lar) / dir(lər) / dur(lar) / dür(lər)

Some notes: You need to add y before “am” for example if the word ends with a vowel. This letter is described as a connect between two vowels Mən Oliwiayam - I am Oliwia

There are two acceptable forms for “imek” in the 2nd person plural Siz həkimsiniz / siz həkimsiz - You’re doctors

Lar/lər are suffixes I haven’t introduced yet, they’re plural forms. It’s not necessary to add them everytime, but it’s easy to confuse with the 3rd person singular form as in Azerbaijani the pronouns are often dropped Onlar fəhlədir / onlar fəhlədirlər - They’re workers

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Numbers part 3

Unfortunately the names of 20, 30 don't really look similar to the basic numbers, so we need to memorise the forms. 20 - iyirmi 30 - otuz 40 - qırx 50 - əlli 60 - altmış 70 - yetmiş 80 - səksən 90 - doxsan 100 - yüz 1000 - min 1 000 000 - milyon Words for "number" and "numbers" are also worth mentioning number - nömrə numbers - nömrələr

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Personal pronouns

This post will be pretty short as I'll present what are the personal pronouns in the Azerbaijani language. Their function is being the subject, that's why they're placed at the beginning of a sentence (but we'll talk about this later) Mən - I Sən - you O - he/she/it Biz - we Siz - you (plural) Onlar - they Most of the time you can skip the pronoun because the conjugation of the verb will tell you the person (except for the emphasis on the subject of the sentence)

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Numbers part 2

That was one of the scheduled posts that sadly did not appear during my absence Forming numbers 1-19 is very easy, everything you need is to say "ten" first and then say the basic number! 11 - on bir 12 - on iki 13 - on üç 14 - on dörd 15 - on beş 16 - on altı 17 - on yeddi 18 - on səkkiz 19 - on doqquz See you tomorrow! Sabaha qədər!

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The vowel harmony

There's something you need to learn before starting to conjugate verbs/add suffixes. It's the vowel harmony, present in Turkic and Finno-Ugric languages. The rules are simple - you need to choose a proper form of a suffix according to the last vowel in the root of a word. There are two types of the vowel harmony: 1. ə/a ə appears after e, ə, i, ö and ü a appears after a, ı, o and u 2. i/ı/u/ü i appears after i, e and ə ü appears after ü and ö ı appears after ı and a u appears after u and o I hope you find this post helpful!

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Numbers

Today I wanted to show you how to count to 10 in Azerbaijani

0 - sıfır 1 - bir 2 - iki 3 - üç 4 - dörd 5 - beş 6 - altı 7 - yeddi 8 - səkkiz 9 - doqqur 10 - on

neçə? - how much? nə qədər - how many?

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Basic phrases

Today I wanted to introduce some basic phrases used to greet people. 

Salam - Hello  Sizin adinız nədir? - What’s your name? Mənim adim…(Oliwiadir) - My name is…(Oliwia) Nə var, nə yox? - How is it going? Yaxşi - Good Pis - Bad Babat - So-so   (mən) yaxşiyam, bəs siz?   - I’m good, and you? Xoş gəlmisiniz - You’re welcome Tanişlığımıza  şadam - Nice to meet you   Mən də taniş olduğumuza şadam - Nice to meet you too Görüşənə qədər - See you later Sabaha qədər - See you tomorrow Hələlik - Goodbye

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Azerbaijani Pronunciation Guide

One of the first things you’re learning about a language is its alphabet. Azerbaijani, unlike Georgian, uses the Latin script. It means it’s much easier when it comes to reading but there are some other sounds that not appear in English. This post is based on x

A - a short a sound, “act” B - like in the word “bake” C - English j like in the word “jacket” Ç - ch (not the “loch” one!) “check” D - a basic d sound, “door” E - a short e sound “elephant” Ə - schwa sound “hat” F - a basic f “fries” G - a hard g sound like in the word “game” Ğ - a soft g sound, difficult to explain so let me recommend you this video H - as in the word “he” X - pronounced like the Russian x, “loch” I - a short i sound like in the word “it” İ - very similar to the Azerbaijani e, “egg” J - French j sound, “precision” K - a basic k sound like in the word “kite” Q - similar to the Azerbaijani g, “great” L - “like” M - a basic m sound as in the word “mum” N - “noon” O - an English o sound, “offer” Ö - the same as in German, “Köln” P - “party” R - rolling r, like in Russian or Spanish S - “second” Ş - sh sound as in the word “shout” T - as in the word “time” U - a short u sound similar to the “ou” combination, “you” Ü - the same as in German, “cute” V - an English v sound, “vest” Y - the same as in English, “young” Z - “zero”

I hope you liked this post and learned something new!

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Azerbaijani Resources

I haven’t seen any resources masterposts here on Tumblr, so here we go! 

Mango Languages - I don’t know how long the course is yet but it’s worth recommending, you can learn vocabulary, phrases and grammar!

My Languages - general overview about the language, grammar, vocabulary, phrases, audio and much more! 

Essentials of Azerbaijani - a pdf course with well explained pronounciation, there are also 18 units of grammar Brief Introduction to the Azerbaijani Language - by the well-known Live Lingua Project, a course of 24 units with audio 101 languages - short podcasts and helpful stuff like news or radio 

Polymath - some basic phrases, grammar and vocabulary 

Azerdict - an online dictionary 

Języki Kaukazu - this blog in in Polish so if you speak/understand this language it’s worth checking! There are also posts about Georgian, Armenian and some study tips

Basic Azeri  Azerbaijani Vocab  Azerbaijani  The Essentials of Azerbaijani  A no Typing Course  All emcopassing Azerbaijani  Azeri from Polymath - Memrise courses, a few of them have 1000+ words

I hope you find this list helpful, if you know more sites please comment so I can add them and of course tag you! 

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Salam!

Hello everyone! I’ve decided to create this blog to track my Azebaijani studies and to post some vocabulary lists/helpful stuff. I was shocked that basically there are no resources to learn this language on Tumblr so I’m going to change it! My main blog is @ninetyminutesofsuffering and my langblr @your-casual-langblr. I hope you’ll enjoy this blog!