9 Jul 2026, 08:37 UTC375 views23 reactionsread 7 August 2026 #tt_beginner
More on adjectives
Let’s learn some more adjective pairs:
ciñel (easy, light) – awır (difficult, heavy)
bay (rich) – yarlı (poor)
çısta (clean) – pıçraq (dirty)
biyek (high, tall) – tübən (low)
kiñ (wide) – tar (narrow)
açıq (open) – yabıq (closed)
döres (correct, right) – yalğış (wrong)
qıybat, qimmət (expensive) – arzan, oçsız (cheap)
buş (empty) – tulı (full)
What if you want to compare two people o…
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6 Jun 2026, 09:04 UTC628 views36 reactionsread 7 August 2026 #tt_newbie
Adjectives
Adjectives describe or define a noun. This week, we’re going back to the basics and taking a look at everything you need to know about how adjectives work in the Tatar language. Some of the most commonly used adjectives in Tatar are:
küp (many, much) – az, əz (few, little)
yaña (new) – iske (old)
zur (big) – keçkenə (small)
yaxşı (good) – naçar (bad)
yəş (young) – qart (old)
matur (beautiful) …
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26 Apr 2026, 11:14 UTC814 views14 reactionsread 7 August 2026 #tt_advanced
Concessive Clauses
Concessive clauses are subordinate clauses that introduce a contrasting or unexpected idea to the main clause, often starting with words like although, even though, though, despite, in spite of, or while, showing a relationship where something happens even though something else might prevent it.
🔶 Conditional + particle da / də / ta / tə
Kön kiçkə awışsa da, haman esse. (Tahir Tahir…
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31 Mar 2026, 11:17 UTC972 views27 reactionsread 7 August 2026 #tt_intermediate
Sneaky words II
Do you remember our first lesson on words that sneak their way into the speech of a lot of Tatars? Let’s add some more to that list!
⛔️ чуть не … – ✅ …-a yazdım (almost)
Min sikerep tora yazdım. (Ğomər Bəşirov, “Tuğan yağım – yəşel bişek”)
I almost jumped up.
⛔️ кстати – ✅ süz uñayınnan (by the way), ✅ … digənnən (speaking of, apropos)
Süz uñayınnan, min də şulay uylıym. – By the…
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11 Mar 2026, 08:31 UTC932 views25 reactionsread 7 August 2026 #tt_beginner
Gerund (the verbal noun)
The verbal noun is formed by adding -u, -ü to the verb stem (e.g., yaz → yazu, qara → qaraw, bel → belü, eslə → eşləw). A few verbs drop the stem vowel in the affirmative form (uqı → uqu, taşı → taşu, biye → biyü).
💡 Compare:
yazu – writing
yazarğa – to write
This is the form in which Tatar verbs appear in dictionaries. It can be pluralized, declined, and take possessive suffi…
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4 Feb 2026, 08:09 UTC≈1,020 views30 reactionsread 7 August 2026 The wedding at the groom’s home took place much later. Post-nikax rituals included the preparation of a special room for the newlyweds, the exchange of gifts, and the husband's periodic visits to his wife's home, known as kiyəwləp yörü.
The groom’s arrival at the bride’s house (kiyəw alu) was highly significant, as it could mark the first meeting of the newlyweds, particularly in cases where earlier celebrations had…
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4 Feb 2026, 08:08 UTC822 views19 reactionsread 7 August 2026 #tt_culture
Wedding traditions
The traditional wedding customs of the Tatars exhibit a striking variability across regions, reflecting social, legal, and religious norms. Despite this diversity, there are common structural elements in Tatar wedding rituals, making them a distinct part of their ethnic culture.
The traditional Tatar wedding rituals involved various pre-wedding ceremonies, such as yawuçı cibərü / diml…
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4 Feb 2026, 08:08 UTC≈1,930 views28 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
Wedding costume of a young woman from a wealthy Kazan Tatar family, mid-19th century. Fully reconstructed by the project İSTƏLEK based on Karl Huhn’s 1863 watercolor “Tatar Women.”
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21 Jan 2026, 09:45 UTC924 views25 reactionsread 7 August 2026 #tt_advanced
More conditionals
In our first lesson of the new year, to enrich our speech and build more nuanced and complex sentences, I’d like us to dive into further options of expressing conditional mood!
⭕️ Using the modal word ikən (real conditional)
The condition may be in the past, present, or future, but the predicate of the result clause refers only to the present or future.
Min anı təqdim itəm ikən, di…
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7 Dec 2025, 07:59 UTC≈1,170 views27 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
🪗🪕 Uyın qoralları –
Musical instruments 🪈
quray – reed flute
qubız – jaw harp
ğarmun – accordion
mandolina – mandolin
dəf – daf (frame drum)
saz – saz (seven-string long-necked lute)
sornay – zurna (double reed wind instrument)
dumbıra – dombra (two-/three-string long-neck lute)
göslə – gusli (string instrument)
qıl – string
sızğıç – bow (for string instruments)
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7 Dec 2025, 07:59 UTC915 views22 reactionsread 7 August 2026 #tt_newbie
Music
🎵 muzıka – music
cır – song
quşımta – chorus
köy, moñ – melody, tune
tawış – sound, voice
qaytawaz – echo
səxnə – stage
bişek cırı – lullaby
yuğarı nota – high note
tübən nota – low note
🎤 cırlaw – to sing
tıñlaw – to listen
uynaw – to play (an instrument)
qabızu – to play (to put on a song)
biyü – to dance
qul çabu – to clap, applaud
🧑🏼🎤 cırçı – singer
başqaruçı – artist, performer
törkem – band…
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23 Nov 2025, 09:27 UTC≈1,230 views19 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
1. "Awıl uramı. Söyləşü." / "Village street. Conversation." (2022)
2. "İske kelət aldında" / "At the old pantry" (2018)
3. "Közge yul" / "Autumn road" (2009)
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