кере•к
{ушем мут} {частице} 1. even if, even though, although
♢ ом ка•е, кере•к пу•штса, ом ка•е {ойлончо} I'm not going, do what you will, I'm not going
♦ кере•к воч да ко•ло {муткылдыш} there's nothing left but to lie down and die, you might as well just lie down and die
♦ кере•к ву•йым кере•м о•ҥгыш чы•ке {муткылдыш} I might as well hang myself, I might as well stick my head in the noose
♦ кере•к ву•йым кере•м шӧрга•ш чы•ке {муткылдыш} I might as well hang myself, I might as well stick my head in the noose
♦ кере•к карау•лым кы•чкыре {муткылдыш} it's enough to make you scream, it's enough to make you climb the walls
♦ кере•к ко•ло {муткылдыш} there's nothing left but to lie down and die, you might as well just lie down and die, oh for crying out loud
♦ кере•к пи•рыла у•рмыж {муткылдыш} it's enough to make a grown man cry, it's enough to make a grown man cry
♦ кере•к това•рым са•ке {муткылдыш} you can cut the air with a knife
♦ кере•к тӧтыре•т пу•чым пуа•лте {муткылдыш} you couldn't wake him/her up with a shotgun, you couldn't wake him/her up with dynamite
♦ кере•к шорт {муткылдыш} it's enough to make you cry, you could just cry, you could scream
♦ кере•к шӱ•йым кере•м о•ҥгыш чы•ке {муткылдыш} I might as well hang myself, I might as well stick my head in the noose
♦ кере•к шӱ•йым кере•м шӧрга•ш чы•ке {муткылдыш} I might as well hang myself, I might as well stick my head in the noose
♦ тудла•н кере•к тӱня• сӱ•мырлыжӧ {муткылдыш} (s)he couldn't care less, (s)he doesn't give a damn
2. at least
♢ кере•к ик му•тым во•зо {ойлончо} write at least one word
3. well, good, okay
♢ кере•к, мемна•н дена•к и•ле {ойлончо} good, live with us
4. all the same, makes no difference
♢ нуныла•н кере•к {ойлончо} it's all the same to them, they couldn't care less
