Use deprem (earthquake) in a fictional account or a discussion of a report. The examples describe invented situations; focus on how endings identify the event and its role in a sentence.
The idea
The stem stays deprem: depremi, depreme, depremde, depremden, depremin, with plural depremler. Its final m does not soften; the last e gives front-vowel endings. Possessive forms can connect an event to a region: bölgenin son depremi means the region’s latest earthquake. Forms such as depremimiz need a context, for example an earthquake we experienced together, rather than literal ownership.
| Form | Use |
|---|---|
| deprem | Base: earthquake |
| depremi | Accusative: specified object |
| depreme | Dative |
| depremde | Locative: during the earthquake |
| depremden | Ablative: e.g. before “after” |
| depremin | Genitive: of the earthquake |
| depremle | With / concerning the earthquake |
| depremler | Plural: earthquakes |
| depremim | Possessive: my |
| depremin | Possessive: your (singular) |
| depremi | Possessive: his / her / its |
| depremimiz | Possessive: our |
| depreminiz | Possessive: your (plural / polite) |
| depremleri | Possessive: their (context decides number) |
| bölgenin son depreminde | During the region’s latest earthquake |
Examples
- Bu depremi herkes hatırlıyor.Everyone remembers this earthquake.
- Depremden sonra yollar kapandı.The roads closed after the earthquake.
- Eski depremler burada araştırılıyor.Past earthquakes are being studied here.
- Bölgenin son depremi uzun sürdü.The region’s latest earthquake lasted a long time.
- Bölgenin son depreminde köprü zarar gördü.The bridge was damaged in the region’s latest earthquake.
- Raporda depremin süresi belirtilmiyor.The duration of the earthquake is not stated in the report.
- Depremle ilgili bir öykü yazıldı.A story about an earthquake was written.
- depremlerdeduring earthquakesdepremler-ler / -lar: the plural suffixde-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
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Watch out
Do not treat every depremi as an object. In bu depremi hatırlıyor, it is what someone remembers; in bölgenin son depremi, it is possessive. To say “during the region’s latest earthquake”, keep that possessive ending and add n before the locative: bölgenin son depreminde. Also distinguish depremde (during) from depremden sonra (after).
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Complete with deprem: Everyone remembers this earthquake.
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depremi
depremi: bu identifies a particular event, and hatırlıyor takes it as a direct object. The accusative adds -i without changing the stem.
Complete with deprem: The roads closed after the earthquake.
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depremden
depremden: sonra places the road closures after the event and requires the ablative on the noun. The final m allows d, so the ending is -den.
Use the plural of deprem: Past earthquakes are being studied here.
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depremler
depremler: several past earthquakes are the subject of araştırılıyor. Add plural -ler; there is no accusative ending because they are not a direct object here.
Complete with deprem: The bridge was damaged in the region’s latest earthquake.
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depreminde
depreminde: bölgenin establishes the possessive relation, so depremi must retain its -i. Adding n and -de locates the bridge damage during that event.
Practice round
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Complete with deprem: Everyone remembers this earthquake.
Complete with deprem: The roads closed after the earthquake.
Use the plural of deprem: Past earthquakes are being studied here.
Complete with deprem: The bridge was damaged in the region’s latest earthquake.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: during earthquakes
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Write three sentences about an invented report: one with a specified earthquake as object, one about several earthquakes, and one with bölgenin son depreminde. Explain each ending without drawing on personal experiences.