Sentences - try to translate

I have come across a new learning resource: Azərbaycan Dili I mərhələ by Mina Quliyeva. Published in 2001. Might be hard to find in bookstores, but it is available to borrow from the CCF Library. Instructions and explanations in French only. Clear explanations and nicely presented. I recommend it.

This is my attempt to come up with simple sentences for words in Chapter 1. They are part of the "Phonétique" and are only there for review of pronunciation, but I thought I would use it for vocabulary building. The list is long! All done now. I had some help to correct my mistakes.

Quotations are from dictionaries; they might have typos, so let me know.

Good luck!

Turns of phrase

A few turns of phrase. Can you guess what they mean? Answers follow. Thanks to my colleague Lalə for suggesting these.

1. Pişiklər çox həssas heyvandılar.

2. Qulağıma səs dəyib ki, sən köçürsən.

3. Sən çox arıqlamısan! Lap bir dərisən, bir sümük!

4. Mənim rəfiqəm iki il pəhriz tutdu, amma arıqlaya bilmədi.

5. Nanə çox faydalı bitkidir.

6. Mən zəfəranlı aşı çox sevirəm.

Sample sentences - ways to give a compliment

Everyone likes a compliment! Here are some ways to do it in Azerbaijani.

Sample sentences - ways to complain

OK, we all need to complain every now and then - even in Azerbaijani. Here's how.

Sample sentences

At work I have been sharing sample sentences for children and teachers to try and decipher. While they get some picture clues, you don't. Can you figure out what these sentences mean? Explanations follow.

Sən nə etməyi sevirsən? (What do you like to do?)

A good way to practice using the verbal noun form in the accusative is to answer the question "What do you like doing?" Here are some of my answers.

Sample sentences

Gopa basma! - Don't lie. (Don't brag. - Lit.: Don't push a boast.)

Heçnə olmaz. - Nothing will happen.

Gözəllik ondur, doqquzu dondur. - The tailor makes the man. (Beauty is 10, clothing is 9.)

Əlli-ayaqlı ol! - Hurry up! (Be with 50 legs.)

Düzlük ən yaxşı siyasətdir. - Honesty is the best policy.