ала [1]
{particle} {conjunction} 1. maybe, probably, could be
♢ ала муралтем {sentence} maybe I'll sing
♢ ала тый кает? {sentence} perhaps you'll go?
♢ тый лудат ала? {sentence} would you maybe read (to me)?
♢ ала огым {sentence} maybe I won't
2. hardly, doubtful, who knows
♢ тудо толеш мо? - ала {sentence} is (s)he coming? - who knows
3. (emphatic particle)
♢ шонет мо тый мыйым ала? {sentence} well, are you thinking about me?
4. sometimes... sometimes, either... or, now... now
♦ ала ний, ала шӱртӧ {phrase} that remains to be seen, it could go either way
♢ ала йӱр йӱреш, ала лум лумеш {sentence} sometimes it rains, sometimes it snows
5. or
♢ эрла толам ала уке, ом пале {sentence} I'll come tomorrow or I won't, I don't know
♢ тӱнӧ лум ала йӱр, палашат ок лий {sentence} it's raining or snowing outside - it's hard to say
♦ таче ала эрла {adverb} today or tomorrow
6. about, roughly
♦ ала кум ий лиеш {adverb} about three years ago
♦ ала шӱдӧ {adverb} roughly a hundred
