In summer people may visit the sea and swim there.

The idea

Deniz means sea. Denize marks movement to the sea, denizde a location in it, and denizin connects the sea to a feature such as its colour in denizin rengi.

Examples

  • Denize yazın sık sık gidiyoruz.We often go to the sea in summer.
  • Denizde çocuklar dikkatle yüzüyor.The children are swimming carefully in the sea.
  • Denizin rengi bugün çok güzel.The colour of the sea is very beautiful today.
  • Bu deniz oldukça sakin.This sea is quite calm.
  • Denizden serin bir rüzgâr esiyor.A cool breeze is blowing from the sea.
  • Güneş denizin üzerinde parlıyor.The sun shines above the sea.

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Watch out

Use denize with movement toward the sea and denizde for an activity there. The genitive denizin introduces the following feature.

Try it yourself

  1. We often go to the sea in summer. (destination) ___ yazın sık sık gidiyoruz.

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    denize

    denize: dative -e marks the destination.

  2. The children are swimming carefully in the sea. (location) Çocuklar ___ dikkatle yüzüyor.

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    denizde

    denizde: locative -de marks the place.

  3. The colour of the sea is beautiful today. (of the sea) ___ rengi bugün güzel.

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    denizin

    denizin: genitive -in links the sea to its colour.

Use it today

Describe the sea’s colour and what people do there in summer.