шӏэн

See also: щӏэн

Adyghe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃˈan]

Verb

шӏэн • (šʼɛn) (intransitive)

1. to know

   Сэшӏэ ар

   Sɛšʼɛ ar

   I know that.

   Урысыбзэ сшӏэрэп

   Wurəsəbzɛ sšʼɛrɛp

   I don't know the Russian language.

   Сэшӏэ къысэпӏуагъэ

   Sɛšʼɛ qəsɛpʷʼağɛ

   I know what you told me.

   Сымышӏэрэ а кӏалэм къуиӏуагъэхэр

   Səməšʼɛrɛ a kʼalɛm qʷujiʼwağɛxɛr

   I don't know the thing that boy told you.

   Сэ дзэмкӏэ сышӏыхэрэр яшӏэу хъутыхэп

   Sɛ dzɛmkʼɛ səšʼəxɛrɛr jašʼɛwu χʷutəxɛp

   They are not allowed to know what I am doing in the army.

   Тхьапщ ошӏа плӏым щы хэбгъахъомэ?

   Tḥapś wošʼa plˢʼəm śə xɛbğaχʷomɛ?

   Do you know how much if you add three to four.

2. to do (an action)

   Сэлам, сыд джы пшӏэрэр?

   Sɛlam, səd džə pšʼɛrɛr?

   Hello, what you're doing now?

   Лӏым зи ышӏэрэп

   Lˢʼəm zi əšʼɛrɛp

   The man does nothing.

   Джы сыд мыщ епшӏэщтыр?

   Džə səd məś jepšʼɛśtər?

   Now what you gonna do with this?

   Сыд шъушӏэрэр?

   Səd šʷušʼɛrɛr?

   What you (pl.) are doing?

   Мыщтэу умышӏ

   Məśtɛwu wuməšʼ

   Don't do it like this.

   Лӏымэ ӏофы ашӏэрэр

   Lˢʼəmɛ ʼwofə ašʼɛrɛr

   The men are doing work.

   ӏофы мы щэджагъом сышӏагъ.

   ʼwofə mə śɛdžağʷom səšʼağ.

   I did work this noon.

   Кӏалэм ӏофы дэгъу ышӏэрэр.

   Kʼalɛm ʼwofə dɛğʷu əšʼɛrɛr.

   The boy does good work.

   Джырэкӏэ зыгорэ сэшӏэ.

   Džərɛkʼɛ zəgʷorɛ sɛšʼɛ.

   I am doing something for now.

Synonyms

• щкъэн (śqɛn) (Natkhaia dialect)
• щӏэн (śʼɛn) (Kabardian)

See also

• шӏын (šʼən) (to make; to produce, to build)