A roof can be the thing someone repairs, the place a bird lands, or part of a house. Practise choosing the form of çatı that fits each role, including when the owner is named.
The idea
Keep the final dotless ı of çatı: çatıyı marks a specific roof as the object, while çatıya marks a destination. The internal t stays unchanged. For possession, use çatım, çatımız and çatısı. In evin çatısı, the house is the possessor; further case endings follow the possessive with n: evin çatısına, evin çatısında. The plural is çatılar.
| Use | Form |
|---|---|
| Base form | çatı |
| Plural | çatılar |
| Accusative: the roof as object | çatıyı |
| Dative: to the roof | çatıya |
| Locative: on the roof | çatıda |
| Ablative: from the roof | çatıdan |
| Genitive: of the roof | çatının |
| My roof | benim çatım |
| Your roof (singular, informal) | senin çatın |
| His/her/its roof | onun çatısı |
| Our roof | bizim çatımız |
| Your roof (plural or formal) | sizin çatınız |
| Their roof(s) | onların çatıları |
| To the house’s roof | evin çatısına |
| On the house’s roof | evin çatısında |
| The house’s roof as object | evin çatısını |
Examples
- Ekip bugün çatıyı onarıyor.The team is repairing the roof today.
- Yağmurda çatıdan su damlıyor.Water drips from the roof when it rains.
- Kuşlar sabah çatıya konuyor.The birds land on the roof in the morning.
- Evin çatısında iki güvercin var.There are two pigeons on the roof of the house.
- Bizim çatımız komşunun çatısından daha yüksek.Our roof is higher than the neighbour’s roof.
- Kırmızı çatılar uzaktan görünüyor.The red roofs are visible from a distance.
- Çatının rengi zamanla soldu.The colour of the roof faded over time.
- Evin çatısını bu yaz yeniledik.We renovated the roof of the house this summer.
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Watch out
Do not replace çatıyı with çatısı: the first is an object form, the second a possessive form. The object form of evin çatısı is evin çatısını. Also distinguish the building’s roof, çatı, from the ceiling inside a room, tavan.
Try it yourself
Complete with the definite object form of çatı: the team is checking the roof.
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çatıyı
çatıyı: the team checks a particular roof, so it is the definite direct object. The final vowel remains, and y links it to -ı.
Complete: our roof is red. Use çatı.
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çatımız
çatımız: bizim identifies us as the owners. Add -mız to the vowel-ending noun; this is one shared roof, so no plural suffix is needed.
Complete: the bird landed on the roof of the house. Use çatı.
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çatısına
çatısına: the bird lands on the house’s roof. Keep the possession in evin çatısı, then add n and the destination ending -a.
Complete with the source form of çatı: after the rain, water is dripping from the roof.
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çatıdan
çatıdan: the water comes from the roof, so the source needs the ablative. The final sound is a vowel, giving -dan, despite the t inside the word.
Practice round
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Complete with the definite object form of çatı: the team is checking the roof.
Complete: our roof is red. Use çatı.
Complete: the bird landed on the roof of the house. Use çatı.
Complete with the source form of çatı: after the rain, water is dripping from the roof.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe an imaginary house in four sentences: its roof’s colour, where birds land, what a team repairs, and where rainwater drips from. Include one form with a named possessor.