улмаш(ын)
{noun} {verb form} {particle} [Generate paradigm] 1. being, existence
♦ тошто улмаш {noun} past existence
2. was, used to be
♢ игече сай улмаш {sentence} the weather was good
♢ тыште школ улмашын {sentence} the school used to be here
3. it seems, it turns out, it appears (used to form compound past tenses implying knowledge was obtained from indirect experience or perception)
♢ мый пален омыл, тудо немычла кутыра улмаш {sentence} I didn't know that (s)he spoke German
♢ тудо университетыште тунемеш улмаш {sentence} it turns out that (s)he studied at the university
♢ тудо ок пале улмаш {sentence} (s)he didn't know
♢ иленыт улмаш кугызаж ден куваже {sentence} once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman
♦ илен улмаш {phrase} {set phrase} once upon a time there lived (...)
4. turns out, it turns out
♢ йоҥылыш лийынам улмашын {sentence} it turns out I was wrong
--"PARENT"--> улаш (-ам)