You will ask to try something on, say how it fits and ask for another size or colour.
The idea
Three small patterns carry a talk in a clothes shop. To ask permission, add -ebilir to the verb and put the question word after it: Bunu deneyebilir miyim? To say how something fits, name the person in the dative: Bu ceket bana büyük. To ask for another size or colour, turn the adjective into a noun with the ending of "its": Bir beden küçüğü var mı?, Bunun mavisi var mı?
| Word | Its form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| büyük | büyüğü | Bir beden büyüğü var mı? |
| küçük | küçüğü | Bir beden küçüğü var mı? |
| kırmızı | kırmızısı | Bunun kırmızısı var mı? |
| mavi | mavisi | Bunun mavisi var mı? |
| siyah | siyahı | Bunun siyahı var mı? |
| beyaz | beyazı | Bunun beyazı var mı? |
| yeşil | yeşili | Bunun yeşili var mı? |
Examples
- Bunu deneyebilir miyim?Can I try this on?The ending -ebilir adds "can": dene + y + ebilir. The question word follows it, and the last vowel i gives miyim.
- Bu ceket bana büyük.This jacket is too big for me.Fit is told to the person, so ben takes the dative: bana. Benim would mean "my".
- Bir beden küçüğü var mı?Do you have a size smaller?The final k of küçük softens to ğ before a vowel: küçük + ü = küçüğü. Bir beden means "one size".
- Bunun kırmızısı var mı?Do you have this in red?The colour becomes "its red one" with a possessive ending: kırmızı + sı. After a vowel the ending is -sı or -si, not -ı.
- Deneme kabini nerede?Where is the fitting room?
- Bir beden büyüğünü deneyebilir miyim?Can I try the next size up?
- Tamam, bunu alıyorum.OK, I'll take this.
- büyüğünüthe bigger onebüyüğü-i / -si: his, her, itsnBuffer -n-: evinde, evinden, evineü-i / -ı / -u / -ü: marking the definite object
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Watch out
Do not say Bu ceket benim büyük: benim means "my", and fit is told to the person, so use bana (sana for "you"). Also, büyük and küçük lose their final k before a vowel: büyüğü and küçüğü, never büyükü.
Try it yourself
Add the accusative to bu (this): Can I try this on?
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Bunu
bunu: denemek takes a direct object, so bu takes the accusative, with n between the two vowels: bu + n + u.
Use ben (I) in the dative: This shoe is tight on me.
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bana
bana: fit is told to the person, so ben goes into the dative. The form is irregular: bana, not bene.
Add the ending to büyük (big): Do you have a size bigger?
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büyüğü
büyüğü: the final k softens to ğ before a vowel, and the last vowel ü gives the ending -ü: büyük + ü.
Add the ending to kırmızı (red): Do you have this in red?
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kırmızısı
kırmızısı: after a vowel the ending is -sı, not -ı, and the last vowel ı gives -sı: kırmızı + sı.
Practice round
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Add the accusative to bu (this): Can I try this on?
Use ben (I) in the dative: This shoe is tight on me.
Add the ending to büyük (big): Do you have a size bigger?
Add the ending to kırmızı (red): Do you have this in red?
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: the bigger one
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Imagine you are in a shop. Write four lines: ask to try one thing on, say it is too big or too small for you, ask for a size bigger or smaller, and ask for another colour.