Colloquial Azerbaijani

Colloquial Azerbaijani A Mini Course

Kurtulu,

Oztop~u

VISiting Assis"fant Professor Department of Near Eastem Studes University 01 eEl/tom/a. Berkeley

aUCIO'F'OAUm IHE LANGUAGE SQURCE

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, An Audio Program Especially created to accompany this book are 3 Instructional CDs or cassettes. They are available from the publisher.

To Filiz and Kutgiin Oztop~u

ISBN 0·88432-788·4 text and cassette ISBN H~7970' 1 65-5 text M Id CDs ISBN 0 ·88'132·789·2 t ext

I Contents Azerbaijan: A Background Note

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How to Use This Course

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1. Pronunciation

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2. The Most Commonly Used Words And Phrases

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3. Meeting And Greeting People A. Common Greetings B. How to Address People

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C. Parting D. Introductions E. Pronouns

4. Numbers 5. Time A. Hours. Minutes and Seconds B. Days, Months and Dates

6. Personal Information

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A. Vocabulary

B. Key Questions and Phrases (Name. Age. Family. Nationality, OccupUion. Education) C. Model Dialog D. Supplementary Vocabulary

7. Finding Your Way Around A Vocabulary

B. Directions C. Key Questions and Phrases D. Model Dialog

E Supplementary Vocabulary

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8. Transportation A. Types of Transportation

B. Dialog: Taxi C. Dialog: Train D. Dialog: Plane E. Supplementary Vocabulary

9. Health and the Parts of the Body A. B. C. D. E.

Parts of the Body Feeling III At the Doctor's Office Model Dialog Supplementary Vocabulary

10. Food and Drink A. Key Words and Expressions B. Meat

C. Vegetables D. Fruits E. Drink F. Deserts G. Model Dialog

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A. Vocabulary B. At the Post Office

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C. Telephone O. Model Dialog

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E. Supplementary Vocabulary

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11. Accommodations A. Vocabulary B. Key Questions and Phrases C. Model Dialog D. Supplementary Vocabulary

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12. Money Matters

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A.Key Vocabulary B. Key Phrases and Questions

13. At the Post Office

14. Shopping A. Vocabulary

B. Key Phrases and Questions C. Model Dialog D. Supplementary Vocabulary

15. Weather A.

Vocabulary

B. Key Phrases and Questions

C. Model Dialog D. Supplementary Vocabulary

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Azerbaijan: A Background Note THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAUAN was established in 199 1, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Now a full and equal member of the United Nations. the Republic of Azerbaijan has been recogn ized as a sovereign state by over 120 countries, and has diplomatic relations with many of them.

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GEOGRAPHY: The total area of the Republic of Azerbaijan is 33,400 sq.m i., inc luding the Nakhic hevan au ton omous rep ublic , and the Nagomo·Karabakh autonomous region. It is bounded on the north by Russia and Georgia, on the west by Armenia and Thrkey, on the south by Iran (Iranian Azerbaijan), and on the east by the Caspian sea. The topograph y ranges from the mountainous, wi th the Greater and Lesser Caucasus and the Talish chain s, to the coastal lowlands a long th e Caspian Sea and the basin of Kura and Araks rivers. The Araks and the Kura are Azerbaijan's two main rivers. With the exception of Lenkoran lowland, Azerbaijan is semiarid. POPULATION: 7 million. 90% Azerbaijani, the rest made up of different ethnic groups. LANGUAGE: Azerbaijani is the official language of the newly independent Republic of Azerbaijan. It is spok~n by about 7 million people not only there, but also by over 20 million Azerbaijanis living in north-west Iran, also known as southern or Iranian Azerbaijan. It is used as a lingua franca by the non-Turkish popu lace mostly in the Southern Caucasus regIOn. Since it is linguistically close to Modern Turkish, Azerbaijani may also be used to communicate with speakers of Thrkish and to a degree with Thrkmens. Azerbaijani is one of abOUt" 15 modern languages that make up the Turkic language family of which the best known member is Turkish. These languages are spoken from the Adriatic Sea in the west to the Altai mountains in the east. ix

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How to Use This Course Colloquial AzerbaljO ani is designed to fulfill the basic c~.m~unical~on

The o ldest written samples of Turkic languages date back to the 8th century AD. The Azerbaijanis belonged to the Oghuz tribal confederation

along wit h Turks and Turkme ns. As a separate ethni c group they appeared in the area around the 11th century. It is possible to talk about

the fonnation of a separate ethnic Azerbaijani identity with the enlrance of the Seljukids into the area west of the Caspian Sea and Asia Minor. Fo rmation of mode m Azerbaijani as a literary language took place at the end of the 19th and the beginn ing of the 20th century. Written in the Arabic alphabet until the end of the 1920's and then in the Latin script for a brief period. Azerbaijani began to be written in a modified Cyri llic alphabet in 1940. Following the independence, Azerbaijani became the official state language. Now all Azerbaijani citizens. regardless of their ethnic bac kgrounds are required to learn A~rbaijani . In 1992, a new modified Latin script, which is very similar to that of Thrkish, replaced Cyrillic. RELIGION: Islam is the principal religion, and the majority of citi zens are Mu ~ lim s. Other religio ns include C hri stianity, Jud a ism, and Baha'ism. ADM INI STRATION: T he Republi c of A zerbaijan include s Nakh ichevan autonomous republic, and Nagom o·Karabakh autonomous region. The capital is Baku (pop. 1.9 million) . Other important cities are Ganja (pop. 300.(00), and Sumgait (pop. 250.(00).

ECONOMY: Agriculture: Azerbaijan's most important economic commodity is oi l. O ther products include cotton, rice, tobacco, fruit, and grain . Industries: Oi l .refining, machine-building, food , mining, chemical. and textile industries. Minerals: Oil, iron. copper, lead, zinc. Livestock: Cattle: 2. 1 million, goats and sheep: 5.7 million . Currency: Manat.

needs of those who wish to communicate in an AzerbalJam speakmg env ironment. Since it is a communication/survival-based course. its goal is to give the user certain structures along with a sufficient amount ~f . vocabulary to be used to communicate with Azerbaijani speakers and In certain situations that the user will encounter when (s)he is traveling in Azerbaijan . Long grammatical explanations are avoided; however. t~e mastery of thi s course wi ll a lso give the user a sense of the baSIC Azerbaijani grammar upon which one can build hisfher knowledge to study the language and literature of the Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is an agglutinating language; that is to say. n~w ~ords are obtained by adding suffixes (and occasionally non-Azerbaijani prefixes) to the roots or stems of word s. Some o ther importa nt features of Azerbaijan.include the following: the absence of gender and the definite article the absence of duality in nouns and verbal fonns . the use of postpositi~n s instead of prepositions. inflection of nouns for case. subject object verb syntax . modifiers preceding the mod~fied head nou.ns, and passive. causative, refl exi ve. reciprocal and negative fonns obtatned by suffixes that are added to the verb. This course consists of 15 chapters and 3 audio cassettes. There is no specific order to be followed . It is however a good idea first to begin mastering certa in portions such as common phrases, frequently used questions. personal and demonstrative pronouns, and nu~b:rs, etc., because most other sections will require the use of some of thiS mfonnation. The user, through situational dialogs, is given a w ide variety of more frequently used sentence structures such as nominal sent~nc~s, there is/are sentences, and some of the commonly used verbal sentences. Mastery of this infonnation will give the user a basis f~r reproducing an infinite number of similar structures as (s)he expands hlsfher vocabulary.

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The material on the cassettes may be used separately or together with the book. The user may listen to the cassettes by using a walkman·type cas. sette player any time o r anywhere (s)he wishes. Reference cards are pre. pared to give the user easy and convenient access to the most frequent questions, requests, phrases and vocabulary, so they could conveniently be used in probably any environment. One last piece of advice to the user of th is or any other language course: When learning a new lang uage it is better to study it as frequen tly as possible. So it is better to spend 20 minutes studying it every day rather than 2-3 hours but once a week. And try to use your newly acquired knowledge whenever the opportunity arises.

Pronunciation

Chapter 1.

Azerbaijani is written in a modified Latin script. Most letters represent one sound, but some, more than one sound . This chart will give the user a genera l idea of the Azerbaijani sounds. It is better to listen to the pronunciation of these letters in different positions to detennine the different phonetic values of each letter.

Azerbaijani English Alphabet Equivalent fat her Aa big Db j olly Cc c;:~

Fr Gg

church d ay get dad full get

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Dd

Ee

a. Hh

Xx I I

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hit similar to Scottish loch around big

J j Kk

2 3 Qq I 2 3 LI

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Azerbaijani Examples

measure kid hit girl guide

ana

bir cavab

one

dil el.

answer tea tongue such

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r.hl>

worker day white weather

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gun a~

hava xeyr

no

ql~

winter

iki jurnal kim inak sakkiz qara

two

similar to Scottish loch

bl~aq

kite large

iltifaq lap min

m an

English Meaning mother

magazlOe w ho cow

eight black knife alliance veoy thousand

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00 Pp Rr Ss

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Oii Vv Yy Zz

not I for

n. on

what ten

Yes No

ba li, ha

Certainly

yox,xeyr

Maybe

sag oluo

Right

~ox

Not right

2 cut

konfet

sweets

early pay right sun shoe tell fool close to Gennan ii very toy rebrn

OZ

self park radio

Thank you

yellow

Please Good Very good

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par

radio sari ~ad

tam uzaq O~

The Most Commonly Used Words and Phrases

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happy complete distant three

Thank you very much.

Excellent

var

there is

yorgan ziyarat

quilt

Fine Not good Bad

visit

Very bad

ma' na

meaning

Not bad Very Very much

• no English equivalent, voiced velar fricative, never occurs initially •• lhis sign indicates a slight pause

albatt;) balk;) diiz, diizdiir

Little Very little Much, many

O. K.

sag olon.

zahmat olmazsa With pleasure He lp yax~1 Excuse me ~ox ya~1 I apologize mukammal I'm sorry gozal ya~ldey il

Possible

pis, yaman -;ox pis pis deyil

Impossible SirlMr. LadylM". I know. I don't know. I want (it). I don't want (it). I understand. I don' t understand

~ox

lap ~ox az toxaz tOX, bir tOX oldu, ya X!i1

diiz deyiJ mamnuniyyatl komak, yar-dlm ba gl~laym

iizr ist3yir3lll lizr istayir3m miimkiin miimkiin deyil

canab xamm

bilir3rn. bilmiram. ist3yiram. ist3minm. b~a diiaiiram. b~ diliimiiram.

zahm3t olmazsa, takrar edin. Please repeat. Please speak slowly. zahmat olmazsa, aramla dam§ln.

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Chapter 3.

Meeting and Greeting People

A. Common Greetings How do you do!

Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Good night.

Salam! Sabahlnlz xeyir. Gun aydm, A~ammlz

xeyir.

Hi. hello.

Gecaniz xeyra qalsm. Salam.

Response to 'Hi. he llo' Welcome.

Salam. XO!i galmisiniz._

How are you?

Siz necasiniz?

Thank you, I am fine.

Sag oluo, man yax~lyam .

The most commonly used greeting among Azerbaijanis is: saillm. irrespective of the lime of the day. The usual response is also salam. Then (s)he says:

nec;niniz? 'how are you?' The response to this is sag olun, man yaxs.,yam. There are also many other questions inquiring about a person swell-being,

Goodfrieruls usually call each other by their first names. Azerbaijanis also address each other with terms of relationship such as ami 'uncle', xala 'aunt' etc. Those who are older are always respected and addressed accordingly by those who are younger: In polite conversations the words bay 'Mr.' and xamm 'Mrs.' are used with first names: Nadir bay, Leyla xamm. When addressing someone, titles such as professor 'prof, • miiallim 'teacher,' and doklor 'Dr.' can be used either with the first name or alone. C. Parting Goodbye.

Xudahafiz.

See you later.

Gorii~;:madak.

Goodbye (go well). Goodbye (Slay well).

Xo~

See you. Have a nice trip. Say 'hi' to ....

galdiniz. qahn. Halalik. Yax~1 yo!. ... salam soylayin.

Sa~hqla

the well-being of his/her family members. relatives and business. el c.

D. Introductions D. How to Address Peo ple

Let me introduce you to my wife.

Wh en Azerbaijanis introduce themselves. they use both their first names and their surnames. Most first names are either Turkic or Islamic. Most surnames are derived/rom thefather'sfirst name and ustulliy have the Russian endings . -ov, -yev (jo r men) and -ova, -yeva (for women). Since the independence oj Azerbaijan many people have replaced -ov, -yev with the words og'u 'son of,' and -ova, -yeva with qlt l 'daughter of' Persian word zada 'son/daughter of' is also quite common.

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Mrs . ...• This is Mr....

Sizi arvadlmla tam~ edim. ... xamm, Bu canab ....

I'm pleased to see you.

Sizinla taPl~ olmaitma e;ox liadam . Sizi gorm3yim3 e;ox liadam.

My name is ... This is my friend ... What's your name?

Manim adlm ... Bu dostum ... AdlPlz nadir?

rm pleased to meet you.

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Personal Pronouns: mon son

he, she, it

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we you

biz

siz

they

onlar

Note thaI Azerbaijani has lWO pronouns for 'you ': s.an for the singular, sizlor the plural. However siz can also be used/or the singular in polite speech.

Personal Suffixes: man bilif'itm. san bilirQn o bilir

I know you know

sizb ili~

he, she, it knows

onlar bilirm

biz bilirik

onu

m 3ni m kitablm s3nin adm onun evi bizim kitablmlz slzin admlz onlarm evi

E. Pronouns

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s;}nj

bizi sizi onlan

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you

80lmaz xaDim mani gordO.

we know you know they know

The suffu used for the second person plural. ·siniz can also be used for the second person singular 10 indicate po/ileness with or witlwut the word siz: [siz] biUrsiniz means 'you know' either for one person or more than one per· son. To be polite. it is a good idea to use the second person plural forms OJ pronouns and personal suffues to address one person.

Mrs. Solmaz saw !M.. you hi m, her, it us you them my book you r name (fam il iar) his, her, its house our book your name (polite) their house

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Chapter 4.

Numbers

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13

14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

bir iki u~

dord

bel; alh yeddi s3kkiz doqquz

on on b ir on iki on il~ on dord

on bel; on a lll on yeddi on s3kkiz on doqqu1. iyirmi iyi""i bir iyinni iki iyinni il~ iyirmi dord iyirmi be~ iyi""i altl iyi""i yeddi iyirmi s~kkiz iyinni doqquz otu1.

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45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

otuzdord otul.~

otuz altt otuz yeddi otuz s :;!kkiz 01uz doqquz

q' rx qlrx q Lrx q lrx q lrx ql,tx qlfx qlrx qlrx qlrx

bir iki il~

dord bes altl yeddi s~kkiz

doqquz

67 68 69

a1tm l ~

yeddi

altm~ s~kkiz al1nu~

doqqul. 70 yetmi§ 71 yetmi~ bir 72 yetmi~ iki 73 yetmi~ u~ 74 yetmi~ dord

75 yetmi\ bel; 76 yetmi~ alh 77 yetmi§ yeddi 78 yetmi§ s~kk iz 79 yetmi§ doqquz 80 s~ks3n 81 s~ks~n bir 82 s~ks~n iki

~Ili

83

s~ks3n ii~

dlli bir ~lIi iki a lii il~ olli dord oIli bel alii altl alii yeddi

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94

sak.$3n dard

~1Ii s~kkiz ~lIidoqquz

60

altml~

61 62 63

altnu~ altnu~

bir iki

attnu~ ii~

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saksdn s~ ks al

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al1l saks~n yeddi saksan sakkiz saks~n doqquz dOxSan doxsan bir doxsan iki doxsan U~ doxsan dord 95 doxsan be~ 96 doxsan altl

31 32 33

otuz bir otuz iki 01uz il~

97 doxsan yeddi 98 doxsan s~kkiz 99 doxsan doqquz

alt nu~

durd 65 altlTIlj bel 66 altnu~ altl

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100, 100 200 300

400 500 600

700 800 900

yilz iki yilz ii-; yijz dord yiiz bel; yilz altl yilz · yeddi yilz s3kkiz yijz doqquz yilz

110 201 322 435 548 659 763 877 986

yilz on iki yilz bir illY ytiz iyinni iki d/:ird yill. otuz be~ be~ yill qlrx s~kkiz altl ytiz ~1i doqquz yeddi yuz a lt nu~ il~ s ~kkiz yiiz yetmi.s yeddi doqquz yGz s~ks~ n altl

1000, 1,000 min 2,000 iki min 3,000 ij ~ min 4,000 dord min 10,000 on mi n 31,000 otuz bir l1}in 800,000 sakkiz yilz min

1.001 min bir 2,245 iki min iki yilz qlrx be!j 3,500 il~ min be~ yilz 4,280 dord min iki yilz s~ks~n 10,500 on min bes yilz 23 ,410 iyinni il~ min dord yilz on 260,400 iki yilz altml~ min do rd yiiz

1,000,000s bir milyon ikl milyon 50,000,000 iii milyon 1,000,000 2,000,000

1,500,000 bir mit yon be~ yiiz min 2,650,000 iki mityon altl yiiz alii min

1st, 2nd etc.

lSI 2nd

birinci ikinci

3rd

il~ilncii

4,h 5,h

dordilncil b~ in~i

etc. [number + inci]

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Fractions, Decimals and Percentages one half

one quarter three quarters one third

1.5 3.8 5.25 10% 25%

yanm dordda bir, ~r.)k dordda u~ u~d;) bir biryanm ii~ tam ooda sakkiz be~ tam yiizd., iyirmi on faiz iyirmi ~ faiz

Chapter 5.

Time

A. Hours, Minutes a nd Seconds What time is it? Saat ne~dir? (It's) one o'clock . (Saal) birdir. saat means 'time. hour, clock. watch.' (It's) two o'clock. (Saat) ikidir. (Saat) ii~diir. (It's) three o'clock.

be~

(h 's) half past two. (It's) half past fi ve.

(Saal) ii~iin yansldlf. (Saat) altmm yansldlr.

(It's) a quarter past three.

Dorda on ~ daqiqa i~liJy ib. S3kkiza iyinni daqiq3 i ~layib. SakkilA} on b~ daqiqa qahb. nord aiyirmi daqiqa qahb.

(It's) 20 minutes past seven.

(It's) quarter to eight. (It's) 20 minutes to four.

At what time?

aI S.OO a.m. at 1.00 p.m. at 4.00 p.m.

at 6.30 p.m. at 11 .00 p.m.

Na vaxt? Saat n e~ada? sahar saat sakkiwa (morning) giinorta saat birda (midday) giindiiz saat dordda (afternoon) ~ saat yeddinin yarumda (evening) geea saat on bird;) (night)

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N;} zaman, n;} vaxt? Na qadar vaxt? saniya daqiqa yanm saat bir·iki daqiqa on be~ daqiqa on daqiqa avval bir saat avval ii~ saatdan sonra bir saatdan sonra iki saatdan sonra saat dorda qadar iyirmi saniya miiddatina on daqiq;} miiddatina iki saat miiddatina har saat Vaxbmz varml'? Vaxtlm var. . Vaxttm yoxdur. i!j saatlan biitiin gUn

When? How long? second minute half an hour a few minutes a quarter of an hour 10 minutes ago 1 hour ago in three hours an hour later two hours later until four o'clock for 20 seconds for 10 minutes for two hours every hour Do you have time? I have time. r don't have time. office hours all day B. Days, Months and Dates Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

bazar ert si ~r~anba axs.aml ~f$anba

cUma

ax~aml

Friday Saturday Sunday

cuma ~nba

lJazar

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Months January February March April May June

yanvar revral mart aprel may iyun

July August September October November December

Seasons Spring Summer

yaz yay

Fall

paylz

Winter

ql~

the ll~h of June on the 8th of August 1993 in Summer In May 1970. What's the date today? Today is the 8th of January. What day is it today? Today is Friday.

day today tomorrow the day after tomorrow yesterday everyday week thi s week next week last week every week

gun bu gun sabah birisigiin diinan har gUn h.ft. bu hafta galan hafta ke~an hafta har hafta

iyul avgust sentyabr oktyabr noyabr dekabr

iyunun on biri avgustun sakkizinda min doqquz yiiz doxsan U~ yayda Min doqquz yilz yetmi~inci ilin mayaymda Bu giln aym ne~asidir'? Bu gUn yanvarm sakkizidir. Bu giln hansl gUndiir'? Bu gUn cUmadir. month this month next month last month every month year this year next year last year every year every Friday

ay bu ay galan ay k~;}n ay har ay ;1 bu iI galan il k~an il har iI har cUma

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Chapter 6.

Personal Information Age:

age/old to be born big birthday boy children doctor

Sizin n e~a y~.D1z var? Manim on sakkiz ya§lm var. How old is that person? 0 pxsin n~a y~1 var? (S)he is 45 years old. 0 ~axsi n qlrx ~ y~l var. In what year were you born? Siz hansl ilda anadan olmusunuz? J was born in 1974. Man 1974· Uda anadan olmu~am. When is your birthday? Sinn ad giiniiniiz oa vaxtdlr? (My binhday) is July Slh. iyulun ~nd•. How old are you?

A. Vocabulary

I am 18 years old.

y~

to marry

ev'an-

anadan 01·. boyuk ad giinii

name nationality occupation

ad milliyyat

og'1an

person school single

ij

ljaxs

u ~aq lar maktab hakim subay, arsiz engineer miihandis surname (a miliya, soyadl fami ly aila teacher miiallim girl qlz wife arvad to graduate bitirwoman qadm husband 3r to work ~I aman adam year iJ • dash after -verb stemS indicates the infinitive form of the verb. which is

-maq, -mak. B. Key Questions and Phrases

Name: What is your name? My name is ... What is your surname?

My surname is... What is your wife's name? My -wife's name is ... What is your husband's name? My husband's name is...

What is that person's name? That person's name is ...

AdmlZ n3dir? Adlm ... Familiyamz nadir? Familiyam .... Arvadmlzm ad. nadir? Arvad.mm adl •.. «inizin ad. n3dir? 3rirnin adl ... o ~axsin ad. n3dir? o §axsin adl ...

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Family: Are you marrit:d? (for a man only) Are you married? (for a woman only) Yes, I'm married . (for a man only) No, I'm not mamed. (for a man only) Yes, I'm m~ed. (for a woman only) No, I'm not married. (for a woman only) I'm single. Is your family big? Do you have any children?

Subayam. Ailaniz boyiikdiinnii? U~aqlanOlz varml.?

Nationality: What is your 'nationality? I'm an .American. Are you a French? No. I'm an Azerbaijani.

Milliyyatiniz nadir? Man a merikahyam. Siz franslzslDlzml? Vox, man azarbaycanhyam.

Evlisinizmi? ardasinizmi? Bali, evliyam. Vox, evli deyilam. Bali, arda yam. Vox, aeda deyilam.

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Occupation: What is your occupation ? I'm an e ngineer. I'm a doctor. Are you a teacher? Yes. I'm a teacher. Where do you work?

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Na~isiniz?

Man mub andisilm Miln hakimam. Mii allimsinizmi? Bali, mU;)lIim3m. Siz harada ~13yirsiniz?

Ethnic AzerbaIjanis make up roughly mo of Azerbaijan:r population, but as in other parts of the former Soviet Union, people of many other ethnic backgrounds also live there. Azerbaijanis a~ very friendly people. Most speak Russian in addition to their native Azerbaijani. Some also know English, or GenlUlll. In Baku, a modern western styLe city, people behave like Europeans, but in the country and in smail lowns and villages, Azerbaijani norms, similar 10 those in the other parts of the Middle East are observed.

Education: Are you a student?

Where are you studying? I am studying at .. . J graduated from .. .

Siz lal3basinizmi? Siz harada oxuyursunuz? Man •••dO) oxuyuram. Man ... i bitirdim.

C. Model dialog What is you r name? My name is ... What is your surname? My surname is ... Pue you married? Yes, I'm mamed. Do you have children ? Yes, I have a boy and a girl. How o ld are they? My son is 5 years old, and my daughter is 8 years old. What is your wife's occupation. She is a linguist.

Admlz nadir? Ad.m ... Familiyanlz nadir? Familiyam ... Evlisinizmi? Bali, evliyam. Upqlarlnlz varm.? Bali, bir ogIum, bir qlzlrn var. Onlarm ne~a y~1 var? OgIumun ~, qlZlmm sakkiz y~1 val'. Arvadmlz n ~idir?

o dil~idir.

Where does she work?

o harada i~ l ayir?

She works at the university. Is she an American? No, she 's German.

Universitetda i~layir. o amerikahdlrml? Vox, almandlr.

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D. Supplementary Vocabulary

aged

y~h

lecture

archeologist architect brother

arxeolog me'mar

day

gun ingilis fakiilta ata franS1Z dost alman nav a

library mother month parents professor relative sister student to study writer

Englishman faculty father French friend Gennan grandchi ld hi storian

qarda~

tarix~i

muhazira kitabxana

ana ay valideynlar professor qohum baci talaba oxu· yazl~ 1

yea,

n

you ng

ganc

Chapter 7.

Colloquial Azerbaijani

Finding Your Way Around

A . Vocabulary

sol

left right north

~i m a J

at the end (00

sonunda

south

canub

east

~3rq

in the middle in front (of)

qabagmda

under on lOp (of)

sag

west

qarb

here there

bura, burada

ora,orada

near

yaxm

far

uzaq

Where? at, in

harada, harda -da, -d a*

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behind inside outside

altmda iizarinda ortasmda

arxasmda

jn front of the museum behind inside outSide at the museum Follow this road . Just go straight ahead .

muzeyin gabaemda

arxasmda i~inda

baYlnnda muzeyda Du ku~ ita gedin. Duz gedin.

You have to go in tllitl direction. left the opposite

Q tarafa getm alisiniz.

buradan a1rx kilornctr yuz metr

-8, - 3, -ya, -ya

40 kilometers from here 100 meters far not far

from by (wilh)

.dan, -dan .Ia, -l a, it;)

C. Key Q uestions and Phrases

up to, as far as

-8

i~rida

baYlrda

next to (beside) yanmda between arasmda

qadal", - qadar, -ya qa; bal~iizil

soyuducu sirar~ cia· do~a k

agl

d"'i taksi dasmal oyat-

Chapter 12.

Money Matters

Colloquial Azerbaijani

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B. Key Phrases and Questions A. Key Vocabulary amount

bank

miqdar bank bank hesabl noqd pul kassir

bank account cash cashier cashier's window kassa to change xlfdala-

check

~ek

coms exchange rate

sikka m3Z<Jnn3

to exchange money

pul dayilj-

foreign currency interest

valyuta faiz pul

money

to pay to send

to sign small change traveller's check value

odagondarirnzalaxlrda pul yo) ~eki qiymat

Harada pul day~ bilaram? Valyuta d3yi~dir.m buro haradadlr? exchange? Man IU!l d3yi!jrnak istayir3rn. I want to change some. ~. dollar dollars What is the exchange rate for the franc? FranklO mazannasi na qadardir? Cuntun for the pound How much do you want to exchange? Na q3dar pul dayi~mak istayirsiniz? I want to send some money to the US. AB~'na pul gondarmak ist3yiram. Mana pasportunuzu giist3rin, Show me your passport please? zahmat olmazsa. Buram irnzalaym, zahmat olrnazsa. Could you please sign here? Where can I change money? Where.is (he foreign currency

Credit cards and checks are not used. All establishments do business in cash. Money can be changed at foreign exchange offices in large hotels or in banks. The national currency is mana/.lt is usedfor everyday transactions.

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Chapter 13.

At the Post Office

Colloquial Azerbaijani

What does it cost by ainnail? How many stamps do you need?

A. Vocabulary address addressee air mail envelope form letter

paper parcel to phone

unvan maktub sahibi hava~tu

zarf

phone booth phone number post card posloffice postage stamp

IcleCon budkasl tcleCon nomrasi a~lq p~t maktubu ~t

receipt

!jo'basi marka qabz

postcards Here are your envelopes. YOUf stamps

receiver

dast3

telegram

telegram

Where is the mail-box? How much is a ~ to the US ? parcel Can I send these books by parcel-post? What are the contents of this parcel? What is the weight? Please fill in this form . How much does my telegram cost?

blank maktub kaglz baglama

ung

telephone

teleCon

VUf-

enVelopes Give me two envelopes. stamps

B. At the Post Office

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Hava p~tu ila oa q3dardir? Siz n~ marka lazlmdlr?

zan Mana ikiQIfvario. marka a~lq ~t maktubu Buyurun bu da sizin zarflariniz. markalanruz Harada p~t qutUSY var? AB~'oa maktub n~ay