жату

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic جاتۋ
Cyrillic жату
Latin jatu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yat- (“to lie”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʒɑ̝.tuw]
  • Hyphenation: жа‧ту

Verb

жату • (jatu)

  1. to lie (to rest in a horizontal position on a surface)
  2. to go sleep
  3. to belong to, to be considered
    «Аватар» анимеге жата ма, жатпай ма білмеймін.
    «Avatar» animege jata ma, jatpai ma bılmeimın.
    I don't know whether “Avatar“ is considered anime or not.
  4. (auxiliary, + -іп (-ıp)) Used to form continuous aspect
    Мен оқып жатырмын.
    Men oqyp jatyrmyn.
    I am reading.
  5. (auxiliary, + -ғалы (-ğaly)) about to
    Мен оқығалы жатырмын
    Men oqyğaly jatyrmyn
    I am about to read.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

See also

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