Mari-English Dictionary

molan

{pronoun} {adverb}

1. for what, to what

♢ ʃudəm molan puənet? uʃkalːan {sentence} to what do you want to give hay? to the cows

2. why, for what reason, for what purpose

♢ təlanet tele molan kelʃa? {sentence} why do you like winter?

♢ molan tənar βaraʃ kodənat? {sentence} why were you so late?

♢ molan kalasen otəl? {sentence} why didn't you say so?

♢ məj təge ojlem, molan manaʃ gən, t͡ɕən ulam {sentence} I'm saying this because I'm right

♦ molan manaʃ gən {conjunction} because

--"PARENT"--> mo

Report a mistake/Make a comment

The Mari Web Project is primarily based at the Department of Finno-Ugric Studies at the University of Vienna. The Mari-English Dictionary was funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): P22786-G20.

Last update: 10 August 2023

	● Mari → English	○ Mari ← English	○ Mari ⇆ English
Search:	● Whole Words	○ All Matches	☐ Search Subentries
Stress, Palatalness:	○ Extra Characters (•, ')	○ Bold/Italics	● Do Not Annotate
Orthography:	○ Cyrillic	○ UPA	● IPA
Ordering:	● Alphabetical	○ Reverse
a b bʲ d~ð dʲ e f fʲ g~ɣ gʲ i j k kʲ l ʎ~lʲ m mʲ n ɲ~nʲ ŋ o ø p pʲ r rʲ s sʲ ʃ ɕ~ʃʲ t tʲ t͡ɕ t͡s u v~β vʲ x y ə z zʲ ʒ ʒʲ

	www.mari-language.com:	ENGLISH \| МАРЛА \| ПО-РУССКИ
Main page » Dictionary

Report a mistake/Make a comment