Use banka for a financial institution and practise describing a visit, a location and the bank someone uses. The possessive in “my bank” normally describes a customer relationship, not ownership of the business.
The idea
The stem banka stays intact: bankaya means “to the bank”, bankayı marks a specific direct object, and bankanın means “of the bank”. The final a gives forms with a or dotless ı. There is no consonant softening here. Compare bankam, bankan, bankası and bankamız. The plural is bankalar, but after a number use iki banka.
| Use | Turkish form |
|---|---|
| Base form: bank | banka |
| Specific direct object | bankayı |
| To the bank | bankaya |
| At the bank | bankada |
| From the bank | bankadan |
| Of the bank | bankanın |
| With the bank | bankayla / banka ile |
| Plural: banks | bankalar |
| My bank | bankam |
| Your bank (singular) | bankan |
| His/her bank | bankası |
| Our bank | bankamız |
| Your bank (plural/polite) | bankanız |
| Their bank / their banks | onların bankası / onların bankaları |
| At his/her bank | bankasında |
Examples
- Bugün bankaya erken gidiyorum.I am going to the bank early today.
- Annem bankada sıra bekliyor.My mother is waiting in line at the bank.
- Bu bankayı kolayca buldum.I found this bank easily.
- Bankadan sonra markete uğradık.After the bank, we stopped by the supermarket.
- Bankanın kapısı mavi.The bank’s door is blue.
- Bu caddede iki banka var.There are two banks on this street.
- Bankamız eve çok yakın.Our bank is very close to home.
- Onun bankasında uzun bir sıra var.There is a long queue at his or her bank.
- Buradaki bankalar küçük.The banks here are small.
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Watch out
Do not simply attach the location ending to bankası. “At his or her bank” is bankasında, with n between the possessive and case endings. Bankada only says “at the bank”; it does not express whose bank it is. The common noun takes no apostrophe.
Try it yourself
Complete the noun: We are going to the bank now.
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bankaya
bankaya: gidiyoruz describes movement towards the bank. The ending needs y after the final vowel; bankada would locate the action instead of giving its destination.
Complete the noun: I found this bank on the map.
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bankayı
bankayı: bu identifies the bank that was found, so this direct object takes the accusative. Keep the final a, add y, then dotless ı.
Complete the noun: There are three banks on this street.
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banka
banka: üç already gives the number. Turkish leaves the counted noun singular, so adding -lar here would duplicate the number marking.
Complete the noun: I am waiting at his or her bank.
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bankasında
bankasında: onun identifies the person whose bank is meant. Start with bankası, then add -nda for the waiting location; bankada would lose that possessive link.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete the noun: We are going to the bank now.
Complete the noun: I found this bank on the map.
Complete the noun: There are three banks on this street.
Complete the noun: I am waiting at his or her bank.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Invent a short visit to a bank. Say where you are going, which bank you found, and where a friend is waiting. Use bankaya, bankayı and onun bankasında in separate sentences.