ə̑l'e
{verb form} {particle} 1. (there) was, (there) were
♢ tušto šuko kalə̑k ə̑l'e {sentence} there were many people here
♢ oksa uke ə̑l'e {sentence} there was no money
♢ žapem uke ə̑l'e {sentence} I didn't have time
2. (he/she/it) was
♢ Iβuk č́erle ə̑l'e {sentence} Ivuk was sick
3. (used to form compound past tenses marking continuous, repeated actions)
♢ ožno tide βerə̑šte peš kugu pünč́ö-βlak kuškə̑t ə̑l'e {sentence} earlier, very large pine trees grew on this spot
♢ mə̑j jalə̑šte ilə̑mem godə̑m č́odə̑raš koštaš jöratem ə̑l'e {sentence} when I lived in the country I used to like to go to the forest
♢ mə̑j knigam ludam ə̑l'e, tide žapə̑šte šol'ə̑m tolə̑n purə̑š {sentence} I was reading a book when my brother came in
♢ Anuš pasuš kajaš lektə̑n ə̑l'e, βara saβə̑rnə̑š da brigadir dek kajə̑š {sentence} Anush was on her way out to the field, but then she turned around and headed to the team leader
4. would, had (used in counterfactual conditional clauses)
♢ Ana serə̑šə̑m naleš ə̑l'e gə̑n, peš jə̑βə̑rta ə̑l'e {sentence} if Ana got a letter, she would be happy; if Ana had gotten a letter, she would be happy; if Ana had gotten a letter, she would have been happy
♢ tudo jüštö βüdə̑m ok jü gə̑n, ok č́erlane ə̑l'e {sentence} if (s)he had not drunk cold water, (s)he would not have gotten sick
5. (used to mark polite suggestion, reproach)
♢ keč́ tə̑jže mə̑lam saj kaŋašə̑m puem ə̑l'e {sentence} if you could only give me a good piece of advice
♦ ə̑l'e šol {phrase} that's unfortunate
--"PARENT"--> ulam
