Use ehliyet for a driving licence in everyday conversation. You will describe finding one, leaving it somewhere and noticing its photograph, while keeping track of whose licence it is.
The idea
The final t stays in ehliyeti, ehliyete and ehliyetim. Compare ehliyette and ehliyetten, where the suffix also begins with t. The plural is ehliyetler. In ehliyetlerimiz, several licences belong to us. The same form ehliyetleri can refer to their licence or their licences; context supplies the number.
| Form or owner | One licence | Several licences |
|---|---|---|
| Bare form | ehliyet | ehliyetler |
| Accusative: definite object | ehliyeti | ehliyetleri |
| Dative | ehliyete | ehliyetlere |
| Locative | ehliyette | ehliyetlerde |
| Ablative | ehliyetten | ehliyetlerden |
| Genitive | ehliyetin | ehliyetlerin |
| My | ehliyetim | ehliyetlerim |
| Your (singular) | ehliyetin | ehliyetlerin |
| His/her | ehliyeti | ehliyetleri |
| Our | ehliyetimiz | ehliyetlerimiz |
| Your (plural or polite) | ehliyetiniz | ehliyetleriniz |
| Their | onların ehliyetleri | onların ehliyetleri |
| His/her, as definite object | onun ehliyetini | onun ehliyetlerini |
Examples
- Ehliyetimi dün çekmecede buldum.I found my driving licence in the drawer yesterday.
- Babam ehliyetini evde unutmuş.It turns out my father left his driving licence at home.
- Ehliyette eski bir fotoğraf var.There is an old photo on the driving licence.
- Bu ehliyete dikkatlice baktım.I looked carefully at this driving licence.
- Ehliyetin köşesi biraz kıvrılmış.The corner of the driving licence has curled a little.
- İkimiz de ehliyetlerimizi aynı kutuya koyduk.We both put our driving licences in the same box.
- Onun ehliyeti benim cüzdanımda kalmış.It turns out his/her driving licence was left in my wallet.
- Konuşurken ehliyetten değil, pasaporttan söz ediyordum.When I was speaking, I was talking about the passport, not the driving licence.
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Watch out
Ehliyeti buldum means “I found the licence”; onun ehliyeti means “his/her licence”. To make the latter the object of “found”, say onun ehliyetini buldum. Do not stop at the possessive ending: the object form needs the extra -ni after ehliyeti.
Try it yourself
Complete with “my driving licence”: it is in the drawer.
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ehliyetim
ehliyetim: the speaker owns the licence, so the word ends in -im. Its last vowel is e, and the stem keeps its t before the added vowel.
Complete with “on the driving licence”: there is an old photo on it.
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ehliyette
ehliyette: the photograph is on the licence, so a location form is needed. The stem ends in voiceless t; adding -te produces the two written letters tt.
Complete with “his/her driving licence” as the object: my sibling left it on the table.
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ehliyetini
ehliyetini: the licence belongs to the sibling and is the thing left behind. Start from ehliyeti, then add -ni to mark that possessed noun as the object.
Complete with “our driving licences”, using the plural: they are in the same box.
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ehliyetlerimiz
ehliyetlerimiz: bizim identifies us as the owners, while the prompt asks for several licences. The plural -ler comes before the possessive -imiz.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete with “my driving licence”: it is in the drawer.
Complete with “on the driving licence”: there is an old photo on it.
Complete with “his/her driving licence” as the object: my sibling left it on the table.
Complete with “our driving licences”, using the plural: they are in the same box.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Invent a short account of a misplaced licence. Say whose it is, where it was found and where two people put their licences. Use a possessive form both alone and as an object.