-менен
Kazakh
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bile (“with; together, also”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʲenʲen]
- Hyphenation: -менен
Suffix
-менен • (-menen)
- Forms the joint comitative–instrumental case
- Forms the comitative case
- достарменен шүйіркелесу ― dostarmenen şüiırkelesu ― to have a heart-to-heart talk with friends
- Forms the instrumental case
- Forms the comitative case
Usage notes
- The shortened form of the suffix, -мен is now used more often.
- The suffix is not ruled by vowel harmony. It is agglutinated after a vowel or a voiced non-sibilant consonant. When words end with voiced sibilants and voiceless consonants, assimilated variants -бенен (-benen) and -пенен (-penen) are respectively used.