A fırın can be the bakery where you buy bread or the oven where you bake it. Use the surrounding words to identify the meaning, then choose the form for the job the noun does in the sentence.
The idea
The stem fırın stays whole before suffixes: fırına, fırını, fırınım. Its final n does not soften; its last vowel ı gives forms such as fırınlar and fırından. Both meanings use the same forms. In fırının ekmeği, fırının means “of the bakery”; after senin, it means “your bakery”. Context also distinguishes the object fırını from the possessed noun in onun fırını.
| Form | Meaning or role |
|---|---|
| fırın | bakery / oven; bare form |
| fırınlar | bakeries / ovens; plural |
| fırını | the bakery / oven; definite object |
| fırına | to the bakery / into the oven |
| fırında | at the bakery / in the oven |
| fırından | from the bakery / out of the oven |
| fırının | of the bakery / oven; genitive |
| benim fırınım | my bakery |
| senin fırının | your bakery; singular |
| onun fırını | his or her bakery |
| bizim fırınımız | our bakery |
| sizin fırınınız | your bakery; plural or polite |
| onların fırınları | their bakery or bakeries; context decides |
| onun fırınında | at his or her bakery |
Examples
- Babam fırına gidiyor.My father is going to the bakery.
- Bu fırın erken açılıyor.This bakery opens early.
- Fırından iki simit alıyoruz.We are buying two sesame bread rings from the bakery.
- Bu fırının ekmeği çok güzel.The bread from this bakery is very good.
- Keki fırına koyuyoruz.We are putting the cake in the oven.
- Yemekten sonra fırını temizliyoruz.We clean the oven after the meal.
- Onun fırınında üç kişi çalışıyor.Three people work at his or her bakery.
- fırınlarımızdanfrom our bakeriesfırınlar-ler / -lar: the plural suffixımız-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourdan-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out of
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Watch out
Do not drop the second vowel when adding a vowel-initial suffix: write fırını, not fırnı. Keep both original dotless ı letters and add a third one for this form. In onun fırınında, the extra n after fırını links possession to the location ending; it does not replace a vowel.
Try it yourself
Use the ablative form of fırın: We buy bread from the bakery every morning.
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fırından
fırından: the bakery is the source of the bread, so the requested ablative uses -dan. Fırında would instead locate the buying at the bakery.
Complete with a form of fırın: We clean the oven after the meal.
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fırını
fırını: the oven is the specific thing we clean, so it takes the accusative. The stem keeps its two vowels; adding -ı makes three syllables.
Use the plural of fırın: The bakeries on this street open early.
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fırınlar
fırınlar: the prompt asks for several businesses, so add -lar. The verb açılıyor can remain singular with this nonhuman plural subject.
Complete with a form of fırın: Three people work at his or her bakery.
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fırınında
fırınında: onun identifies an owner, and the workers are at that bakery. Combine fırın + -ı + linking n + -da to express both possession and location.
Practice round
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Use the ablative form of fırın: We buy bread from the bakery every morning.
Complete with a form of fırın: We clean the oven after the meal.
Use the plural of fırın: The bakeries on this street open early.
Complete with a form of fırın: Three people work at his or her bakery.
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Write four sentences: buy bread from a bakery, describe several bakeries, name the owner of one bakery and clean an oven. Use fırın in both senses and check every dotless vowel.