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-мен
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мен Мен мӗн мең мөн Мэн Appendix:Variations of "men"
Kazakh
-мен ـمەن برلان
Etymology
Haplologised variant of kk -менен, from kk trk-pro *bīrle with; together, also.
Pronunciation
kk [mʲen]
kk -мен
Suffix
М̃ен мен мен бен бен пен пен
kk suffixes
Forms the joint Comitative case comitative–Instrumental case instrumental case
Forms the comitative case
kk достармен шүйіркелесу to have a heart-to-heart talk with friends
Forms the instrumental case
kk қаламмен жазу to write with a pen
kk машинамен жүру to go by car
kk with kk -ген even though
kk Мен шаршағанмен, тамақ пісірдім. Even though I was tired, I made food.
Usage notes
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 kk -бен and kk -пен are respectively used.