ала• [1]
{particle} {conjunction} 1. maybe, probably, could be
♢ ала• муралте•м {sentence} maybe I'll sing
♢ ала• тый кае•т? {sentence} perhaps you'll go?
♢ тый луда•т ала•? {sentence} would you maybe read (to me)?
♢ ала• о•гым {sentence} maybe I won't
2. hardly, doubtful, who knows
♢ ту•до толе•ш мо? - ала• {sentence} is (s)he coming? - who knows
3. (emphatic particle)
♢ шоне•т мо тый мы•йым ала•? {sentence} well, are you thinking about me?
4. sometimes... sometimes, either... or, now... now
♦ ала• ний, ала• шӱ•ртӧ {phrase} that remains to be seen, it could go either way
♢ ала• йӱр йӱре•ш, ала• лум луме•ш {sentence} sometimes it rains, sometimes it snows
5. or
♢ эрла• тола•м ала• у•ке, ом па•ле {sentence} I'll come tomorrow or I won't, I don't know
♢ тӱ•нӧ лум ала• йӱр, палаша•т ок лий {sentence} it's raining or snowing outside - it's hard to say
♦ та•че ала• эрла• {adverb} today or tomorrow
6. about, roughly
♦ ала• кум ий лие•ш {adverb} about three years ago
♦ ала• шӱ•дӧ {adverb} roughly a hundred
