In this short lesson, we’ll learn how to express desire or wishes in Tatar:
🔹 (min) … telim – I want …
The verb teləw means to want. You can use this structure with nouns or infinitive verbs.
Bez xaqiqətne tabarğa ğına telibez! (Ayaz Ğiləcev, “Bez unike qız idek”)
We only want to find the truth!
🔹 (minem) … -asım/-əsem/-ıysım/-isem kilə – I want to …
(min) … -ası/-əse/-ıysı/-ise kilə – I want to …
There’s a softer, more colloquial way to say “I want” using the kilə structure. It literally means “It comes to me,” but in practice, it works like “I feel like doing...”.
Menə nərsə, talaşasıñ kilə ikən – talaş, əmma çığırıñnan çıqmıyça. (Xəy Waxit, “Kük qapusı açılsa”)
Here is what, if you do want to argue, argue, but without losing your temper.
🔹 … -ası/-əse/-ıysı/-ise ide – I’d like to … / I should …
“Tik çaq qına yuwınıp qına alası ide,” dip söylənep, öyaldına çıqtı. (Şərif Kamal, “Matur tuğanda”)
But I just want to wash myself a little, he said, stepping out on the porch.