Music & Entertainment

1. Концерт ӑҫта?

   Kontsert ăçta?

   Where is the concert?

   Usage

   To ask where a concert takes place.

   Grammar Note

   "Noun + ӑҫта?" means "Where is …?". The loanword is used as it is. Composed sentence, so native-speaker review is recommended.

2. Эпӗ концерт валли билет туянасшӑн.

   Epĕ kontsert valli bilet tuyanasshăn.

   I want to buy a ticket for the concert.

   Usage

   To tell the ticket seller you want a concert ticket.

   Grammar Note

   "Verb stem + -ас/-ес + -шӑн/-шӗн" means "want to …"; back-vowel stems take -асшӑн, front-vowel stems -есшӗн (vowel harmony). Composed sentence, so native-speaker review is recommended.

3. Ку музыка мана килӗшет.

   Ku muzyka mana kilĕshet.

   I like this music.

   Usage

   To say you enjoy the music that is playing.

   Grammar Note

   "Mana + thing + килӗшет" means "I like …": the liked thing is the subject and the person who likes it is in the dative (mana "to me"). Composed sentence, so native-speaker review is recommended.

4. Ку мӗнле музыка?

   Ku mĕnle muzyka?

   What kind of music is this?

   Usage

   To ask what style or kind of music is playing.

   Grammar Note

   мӗнле "what kind of" is a question word placed before the noun. Instead of a technical word for "genre" it asks "what kind of music". Composed sentence, so native-speaker review is recommended.

5. Ку юрра кам юрлать?

   Ku yurra kam yurlat?

   Who sings this song?

   Usage

   To find out who the singer of a song is.

   Grammar Note

   юрӑ "song" becomes юрра in the accusative (the ӑ drops and the consonant doubles); "юрра юрлать" is "sings a song". Composed sentence, so native-speaker review is recommended.

6. Тархасшӑн, сасса кӑшт чакарӑр.

   Tarkhasshăn, sassa kăsht chakarăr.

   Please turn the volume down a little.

   Usage

   To politely ask someone to lower loud music.

   Grammar Note

   -ӑр/-ӗр is the 2nd person plural imperative and makes a polite request; чакар- "reduce" is also the verb used for price cuts. Composed sentence, so native-speaker review is recommended.

7. Чӑваш халӑх юррисене ӑҫта итлеме пулать?

   Chăvash khalăkh yurrisene ăçta itleme pulat?

   Where can I listen to Chuvash folk songs?

   Usage

   To ask where to hear traditional local folk songs.

   Grammar Note

   халӑх юрри is "folk song" (literally "people's song"). "-ма/-ме пулать" means "it is possible to …". Composed sentence, so native-speaker review is recommended.

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