Azerbaijani to Lower Sorbian: a pair, a polite recipient and a named addressee
Two horses require more than an Azerbaijani plural ending
Azerbaijani expresses number and grammatical relationships through its own suffix system. Lower Sorbian has a grammatical dual in addition to singular and plural, so an Azerbaijani phrase identifying exactly two items can require a target form distinct from an unspecified group. The numeral’s meaning and the noun’s sentence role must be considered together.
Mam dweju konjowu means I have two horses, while mam dobrego konja means I have a good horse. In the dual example, the forms fit an animate object in that construction. For an Azerbaijani sales message, do not produce a target phrase by taking a dictionary noun and adding the equivalent of two without considering case. The source can package ownership and number at a word’s end; that packaging does not predict the Lower Sorbian inflection. Retain the actual animals and quantity while building the target clause.
Siz does not automatically identify a group of customers
Azerbaijani siz can address one person respectfully or several people. Lower Sorbian wy can also be used honorifically for one person, so the plural-looking target form is not by itself evidence of multiple recipients. Determine the actual audience from the Azerbaijani exchange.
If a writer addresses one prospective buyer about two horses, there are two distinct counts: one buyer and two animals. Do not let the plural address form change the number of buyers, and do not let the animal pair force a dual reference to the recipient. A message addressed to two actual buyers brings another decision because Lower Sorbian has a dual personal paradigm. The common possibility of respectful plural address is useful, but it does not make every source plural suffix or target dual ending interchangeable. Keep the recipient count separate from the count of what is being sold.
A named recipient belongs to the address construction
Azerbaijani can combine names with forms of address and sentence endings that establish the relationship between writer and recipient. Lower Sorbian also marks an explicitly addressed person through its own punctuation conventions. Juro, pójź how! illustrates a name set off before a request to come here.
When translating an Azerbaijani note calling someone over, distinguish a person spoken to from a person mentioned as part of the event. The name should not be read as the object of coming or as another traveller merely because it stands near the verb. Lower Sorbian punctuation rules separate an emphatically addressed expression with a comma and also describe the treatment of letter salutations. Preserve that function when the source moves from a greeting into an instruction. The target comma is not a substitute for choosing the correct addressee and number; it makes the intended direct address easier to recognise after those grammatical choices have been made.
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