A flower may grow in a garden or stand in a vase.

The idea

Çiçek means flower. The definite object is çiçeği and the direction form is çiçeğe: final k changes to ğ before a vowel. The plural çiçekler keeps k.

Examples

  • Çiçeği pencerenin yanına koydum.I put the flower next to the window.
  • Annem çiçeğe su veriyor.My mother is watering the flower.
  • Çiçekler bahçede güzel kokuyor.The flowers smell lovely in the garden.
  • Bu çiçek sarı ve küçük.This flower is yellow and small.
  • İki çiçek vazoda duruyor.Two flowers are in the vase.
  • Çiçeğin yaprakları güneşe dönüyor.The flower’s leaves turn toward the sun.

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Watch out

Use çiçeğe su vermek to give water to the flower. Keep k before the consonant in çiçekler, but use ğ in çiçeği and çiçeğe.

Try it yourself

  1. I put the flower next to the window. (specific object) ___ pencerenin yanına koydum.

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    çiçeği

    çiçeği: k becomes ğ before accusative -i.

  2. My mother is watering the flower. (to the flower) Annem ___ su veriyor.

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    çiçeğe

    çiçeğe: k becomes ğ before dative -e, marking the recipient.

  3. The flowers smell lovely in the garden. (plural) ___ bahçede güzel kokuyor.

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    çiçekler

    çiçekler: plural -ler follows the unchanged k.

Use it today

Describe a flower and say where you put it or how you water it.