With çevre, context decides whether you mean the environment, the area around a place or a circle of people. You will follow the same noun through these meanings and choose its form from its role in the sentence.
The idea
The stem keeps its final e: çevreyi, çevreye, çevrenin. Compare çevrem (my surroundings or circle) with çevresi (his/her surroundings or circle). In kütüphanenin çevresi, the surroundings belong to the library; adding direction gives kütüphanenin çevresine. The plural çevreler can refer to several environments or social circles, rather than just more people in one circle.
| Use | Form |
|---|---|
| Base form | çevre |
| Accusative: environment as object | çevreyi |
| Dative: to the environment | çevreye |
| Locative: in the surroundings | çevrede |
| Ablative: from the surroundings | çevreden |
| Genitive: of the environment | çevrenin |
| Plural: environments / circles | çevreler |
| My surroundings / circle | çevrem |
| Your surroundings / circle | çevren |
| His/her surroundings / circle | çevresi |
| Our surroundings / circle | çevremiz |
| Your surroundings / circle (plural or polite) | çevreniz |
| Their surroundings / circle(s) | onların çevreleri |
| His/her surroundings as object | çevresini |
| To his/her surroundings | çevresine |
| In his/her surroundings | çevresinde |
Examples
- Bugün gönüllüler çevreyi temizliyor.Today volunteers are cleaning up the surroundings.
- Bu çevrede birçok atölye var.There are many workshops in this area.
- Çevremizde farklı diller konuşuluyor.Different languages are spoken around us.
- Kütüphanenin çevresine yeni banklar yerleştirildi.New benches were installed around the library.
- Farklı çevrelerden gelen insanlar burada tanışıyor.People from different circles meet here.
- Çevrenin korunması toplantının ana konusuydu.Protecting the environment was the main topic of the meeting.
- Yeni işim sayesinde sosyal çevrem genişledi.My social circle expanded thanks to my new job.
- Okulun çevresinde sabahları trafik yoğun oluyor.Traffic around the school is heavy in the mornings.
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Watch out
Do not replace çevresine with çevreye when naming the surroundings of something. Çevreye zarar vermek means to harm the environment; kütüphanenin çevresine means to the area around the library. The latter keeps the possessive -si and adds n before the case ending.
Try it yourself
Complete: The volunteers are cleaning the surroundings today.
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çevreyi
çevreyi: the surroundings are what the volunteers clean, so this is the marked direct object of temizlemek. The final vowel is retained before -yi.
Complete: This product does not harm the environment.
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çevreye
çevreye: zarar vermek takes the dative for what is harmed. The negative verb denies the harm but does not change that case.
Complete: New benches were installed around the library.
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çevresine
çevresine: kütüphanenin identifies whose surroundings are meant. Keep çevresi and add -ne for the destination of the benches.
Complete: People from different circles meet here.
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çevrelerden
çevrelerden: the people come from several circles. -ler expresses that plurality, while -den marks the origin with gelen.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete: The volunteers are cleaning the surroundings today.
Complete: This product does not harm the environment.
Complete: New benches were installed around the library.
Complete: People from different circles meet here.
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Describe an area around a building and a social circle in four sentences. Include çevresinde, çevreme and çevrelerden. Explain which meaning of the noun you chose each time.