керек
{conjunction} {particle} 1. even if, even though, although
♢ ом кае, керек пуштса, ом кае {sentence} I'm not going, do what you will, I'm not going
♦ керек воч да коло {phrase} there's nothing left but to lie down and die, you might as well just lie down and die
♦ керек вуйым керем оҥгыш чыке {phrase} I might as well hang myself, I might as well stick my head in the noose
♦ керек вуйым керем шӧргаш чыке {phrase} I might as well hang myself, I might as well stick my head in the noose
♦ керек караулым кычкыре {phrase} it's enough to make you scream, it's enough to make you climb the walls
♦ керек коло {phrase} there's nothing left but to lie down and die, you might as well just lie down and die, oh for crying out loud
♦ керек пирыла урмыж {phrase} it's enough to make a grown man cry, it's enough to make a grown man cry
♦ керек товарым саке {phrase} you can cut the air with a knife
♦ керек тӧтырет пучым пуалте {phrase} you couldn't wake him/her up with a shotgun, you couldn't wake him/her up with dynamite
♦ керек шорт {phrase} it's enough to make you cry, you could just cry, you could scream
♦ керек шӱйым керем оҥгыш чыке {phrase} I might as well hang myself, I might as well stick my head in the noose
♦ керек шӱйым керем шӧргаш чыке {phrase} I might as well hang myself, I might as well stick my head in the noose
♦ тудлан керек тӱня сӱмырлыжӧ {phrase} (s)he couldn't care less, (s)he doesn't give a damn
2. at least
♢ керек ик мутым возо {sentence} write at least one word
3. well, good, okay
♢ керек, мемнан денак иле {sentence} good, live with us
4. all the same, makes no difference
♢ нунылан керек {sentence} it's all the same to them, they couldn't care less