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