A lost key gives you a reason to distinguish the object you found from the person it belongs to. Use anahtar for a physical key and practise its case, plural and possessive forms.
The idea
The stem anahtar stays intact: anahtara, anahtarda, anahtarım, anahtarlarımız. Its final a gives back-vowel endings; the final r does not soften. In Anahtarı buldum, anahtarı is the definite object “the key”. In Onun anahtarı burada, the same spelling means “his/her key”. The surrounding words tell you which role it has.
| Use | Form |
|---|---|
| Base form | anahtar |
| Accusative: the key as object | anahtarı |
| Dative | anahtara |
| Locative: on the key | anahtarda |
| Ablative: from the key | anahtardan |
| Genitive: of the key | anahtarın |
| Plural: keys | anahtarlar |
| My key | anahtarım |
| Your key (one person) | anahtarın |
| His/her key | onun anahtarı |
| Our key | anahtarımız |
| Your key (plural or polite) | anahtarınız |
| Their keys | onların anahtarları |
| Our keys | anahtarlarımız |
| House key: compound | ev anahtarı |
| House key as definite object | ev anahtarını |
Examples
- Ben anahtarı çekmecede buldum.I found the key in the drawer.
- Bugün anahtarlarımı evde unuttum.I left my keys at home today.
- Yedek anahtar komşuda duruyor.The spare key is kept at the neighbour’s.
- Bu anahtarda küçük bir çizik var.There is a small scratch on this key.
- Anahtarın ucunu bezle sildim.I wiped the tip of the key with a cloth.
- Ev anahtarını mavi kutuya koydum.I put the house key in the blue box.
- Bir anahtara daha ihtiyacımız var.We need one more key.
- anahtarlarımızıour keys (definite object)anahtarlar-ler / -lar: the plural suffixımız-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourı-i / -ı / -u / -ü: marking the definite object
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Watch out
In ev anahtarı (house key), the final -ı belongs to the compound. To say you found that key, keep it and add -nı: Ev anahtarını buldum. Stopping at ev anahtarı loses the definite-object ending. Do not insert y: the connecting consonant here is n.
Try it yourself
Fill the gap: I found this key on the ground.
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anahtarı
anahtarı: the speaker points to a particular key with bu. Since that key is what was found, it takes the accusative -ı; the stem still ends in r.
Fill the gap: I need a spare key.
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anahtara
anahtara: ihtiyacım var takes the needed thing in the dative. Here yedek describes the key, while -a attaches to anahtar.
Fill the gap: I finally found the house key I was looking for.
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anahtarını
anahtarını: the blank follows ev, so start from the compound ev anahtarı. Finding that specific key requires one more ending: anahtar-ı-n-ı.
Fill the gap: Our keys are in the same box. Use the plural.
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anahtarlarımız
anahtarlarımız: there are several keys belonging to us, so -lar marks the keys as plural before -ımız marks their owners. The sentence states where they are, so no accusative is needed.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Fill the gap: I found this key on the ground.
Fill the gap: I need a spare key.
Fill the gap: I finally found the house key I was looking for.
Fill the gap: Our keys are in the same box. Use the plural.
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: our keys (definite object)
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Write three sentences: where your key is, where you found the house key, and where your shared keys are. Circle the possession ending and underline any case ending that follows it.