-мен

See also: мен, Мен, мӗн, мең, мөн, Мэн, and Appendix:Variations of "men"

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ـمەن
İske imlâ	برلان
Cyrillic	-мен
Latin	-men

Etymology

Haplologised variant of -менен (-menen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲen]
• Hyphenation: -мен

Suffix

-мен • (-men)

1. Forms the joint comitative–instrumental case
   1. Forms the comitative case

      достармен шүйіркелесу ― dostarmen şüiırkelesu ― to have a heart-to-heart talk with friends

   2. Forms the instrumental case

      қаламмен жазу ― qalammen jazu ― to write with a pen

      машинамен жүру ― maşinamen jüru ― to go by car

Usage notes

The suffix is not ruled by vowel harmony. It is agglutinated after a vowel or a voiced non-sibilant consonant. When words end with voiced sibilants and voiceless consonants, assimilated variants -бен (-ben) and -пен (-pen) are respectively used.