I have a family

How big is your family? Do you have siblings? Today we’re talking about our families and learning how to say "I have".

keşe – person

ğailə – family 

tatu – close-knit 

zur – big

keçkenə – small

Let’s learn the names of the family members in Tatar.

əni – mom 

ana – mother

əti – dad 

ata – father

ul – son 

qız – daughter 

bala – child

ene – younger brother 

abıy – older brother

señel – younger sister

apa – older sister 

bertuğannar – siblings

abıynıñ / apanıñ / etc. qızı – niece

abıynıñ / apanıñ / etc. ulı – nephew

dəw əni / əbi – grandma 

dəw əti / babay – grandpa 

onıq – grandchild

ir – husband

xatın – wife

To talk about our families, we have to learn how to say "I have".

With the addition of bar (there is/ there are) and yuq (there is not/ there are not) the possessive suffixes are used to express "to have" and "to have no". 

The possessive pronouns may precede the noun designating the object possessed:

(minem) abıyım bar – I have a brother

(sineñ) abıyıñ bar – you have a brother

(anıñ) abıysı bar – he/she has a brother

(bezneñ) abıyıbız bar – we have a brother

(sezneñ) abıyığız bar – you have a brother

(alarnıñ) abıysı bar – they have a brother

(minem) apam yuq – I don't have a sister

(sineñ) apañ yuq – you don't have a sister

(anıñ) apası yuq – he/she doesn't have a sister

(bezneñ) apabız yuq – we don't have a sister

(sezneñ) apağız yuq – you don't have a sister

(alarnıñ) apası yuq – they don't have a sister

Dialog

A: Səlam! Xəlləreñ niçek?

B: Səlam, barısı da yaxşı. Yal könnəren ğailəm belən ütkərdem. Ə sin?

A: Şəp! Minem də ğailə cıyılışı buldı. Bezneñ işegaldında şaşlıq yasadıq.

B: İskitkeç! Sineñ ğailəñ zurmı?

A: Əye, señlem, apam həm enem bar. Ə sineñ?

B: Min ber bala ğına, bertuğannarım yuq, əmma əti-əniyem tuğannarına bik yaqın. Şulay itep, bez yış cıyılabız.

K: Bik yaxşı. Ğailə belən waqıt ütkərü bik möhim dip uylıym.

B: Əlbəttə!

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A: Hi! How's everything going?

B: Hey! Everything's good. Just spent the weekend with my family. How about you?

A: That sounds nice! I had a family gathering too. We had a barbecue in the backyard.

B: That's awesome! Do you have a big family?

A: Yeah, I have a younger sister, an older sister, and a younger brother. How about you?

B: I'm an only child, so I don't have siblings, but my parents are really close to their relatives. So, we often have gatherings.

A: That's cool. I think spending time with family is really important.

B: Absolutely!