Week 9 reading (Proverbs)

Question 1

garbage, trash

Answer 1

таштанды

Question 2

especially

Answer 2

айрыкча

Question 3

horse competition

Answer 3

ат жарышы

Question 4

A very sad event took place.

Answer 4

Абдан кайгылуу окуя болду.

Question 5

I am sad/mournful.

Answer 5

Мен кайгылуумун.

Question 6

sadness

Answer 6

кайгы

Question 7

current

Answer 7

азыркы

Question 8

to greet

Answer 8

саламдаш

Question 9

political science

Answer 9

саясат илимдери

Question 10

previous

Answer 10

мурунку

Question 11

My last job was …

Answer 11

Акыркы ишим … болду.

Question 12

As the saying goes …

Answer 12

… дегендей.

Question 13

humble

Answer 13

жоош

Question 14

good, better, best

Answer 14

жакшы, жакшыраак, эң жакшы

Question 15

bad, worse, worst

Answer 15

жаман, жаманыраак, эң жаман

Question 16

If your right hand is angry, hold it back with your left.

Answer 16

Оң колуңдагы ачууну сол колуң менен бас.

Question 17

Good health is the best form of wealth.

Answer 17

Биринчи байлык ден соолук.

Question 18

It is better to see once than to hear a thousand times.

Answer 18

Миң уккандан бир көргөн жакшыраак.

Question 19

Don’t just watch, do something.

Answer 19

Көз коркок, кол баатыр.

Question 20

A guest should be more humble than a sheep.

Answer 20

Конок койдон жоош.

Question 21

Older people come to rest, younger people come to serve.

Answer 21

Кары келсе ашка, жаш келсе ишке.

Question 22

The nomadic life is like a caravan slowly stretching across the desert.

Answer 22

Көч жүрө, жүрө түзөлөт.

Question 23

to bow

Answer 23

баш ий

Question 24

Time does not bow before you, you bow before time.

Answer 24

Заман сага баш ийбейт, сен заманга баш ийесиң.

Question 25

proverb

Answer 25

макал