With gazete (newspaper), you can name what you read, where a report appears and whose copy you mean. Follow the forms from a single paper to news taken from our newspapers.
The idea
The stem gazete stays intact; its final e gives front-vowel endings: gazeteler, gazetede, gazetenin. Compare gazete okumak (to read newspapers as an activity) with bu gazeteyi okumak (to read this particular newspaper). Possession changes the next step: gazetesi means his or her newspaper, and its object form is gazetesini. In gazetelerimizden, the order is newspaper + plural + our + from. The related suffix pages explain the general patterns.
| Use | One newspaper | Several newspapers |
|---|---|---|
| Base form | gazete | gazeteler |
| Accusative: specific object | gazeteyi | gazeteleri |
| Dative: to | gazeteye | gazetelere |
| Locative: in | gazetede | gazetelerde |
| Ablative: from | gazeteden | gazetelerden |
| Genitive: of | gazetenin | gazetelerin |
| My | gazetem | gazetelerim |
| Your (singular) | gazeten | gazetelerin |
| His/her | gazetesi | gazeteleri |
| Our | gazetemiz | gazetelerimiz |
| Your (plural/polite) | gazeteniz | gazeteleriniz |
| Their | onların gazetesi | onların gazeteleri |
Examples
- Babam balkonda gazete okuyor.My father is reading a newspaper on the balcony.
- Bu gazeteyi akşam okuyacağım.I will read this newspaper this evening.
- Gazeteler bugün masada duruyor.The newspapers are on the table today.
- Gazeteye kısa bir mektup gönderdik.We sent a short letter to the newspaper.
- Gazetede mahallemiz hakkında bir haber var.There is a news item about our neighbourhood in the newspaper.
- Gazetenin son sayfasında bir bulmaca var.There is a puzzle on the last page of the newspaper.
- Annem gazetesini çantama koydu.My mother put her newspaper in my bag.
- gazetelerimizdenfrom our newspapersgazeteler-ler / -lar: the plural suffiximiz-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourden-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out of
- gazetesindein his or her newspapergazetesi-i / -si: his, her, itsnBuffer -n-: evinde, evinden, evinede-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
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Watch out
In Annemin gazetesini okuyorum, the newspaper belongs to my mother and is the object of reading. Gazetesi alone marks ownership, not the object here; gazeteyi marks an object but does not express that ownership. Keep -si and add -ni: gazetesini, not gazetesiyi.
Try it yourself
Write the complete form of gazete: I have not read this newspaper yet. Bu ___ henüz okumadım.
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gazeteyi
gazeteyi: bu identifies the newspaper being read, so the object takes the accusative. The final vowel of gazete needs the linking y before -i.
Write the complete form of gazete: His or her newspaper is under the table. Onun ___ masanın altında.
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gazetesi
gazetesi: onun tells us whose newspaper it is. The newspaper is the subject of the location statement, so the possessive -si is enough here.
Write the complete form of gazete: I am reading my mother’s newspaper. Annemin ___ ben okuyorum.
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gazetesini
gazetesini: annemin supplies the owner, while reading makes the newspaper an object. Build gazete + si + n + i to preserve both relationships.
Use the plural of gazete with “our” and “from”: I learned this news from our newspapers. Bu haberi bizim ___ öğrendim.
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gazetelerimizden
gazetelerimizden: there are several papers belonging to us, and they are the source of the news. Combine gazete + ler + imiz + den; a location ending would only say where.
Practice round
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Write the complete form of gazete: I have not read this newspaper yet. Bu ___ henüz okumadım.
Write the complete form of gazete: His or her newspaper is under the table. Onun ___ masanın altında.
Write the complete form of gazete: I am reading my mother’s newspaper. Annemin ___ ben okuyorum.
Use the plural of gazete with “our” and “from”: I learned this news from our newspapers. Bu haberi bizim ___ öğrendim.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: from our newspapers
Tap the parts in order to build this word: in his or her newspaper
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Write a three-sentence note about newspapers: identify the one you read, say whose newspaper is on the table, and name the newspaper you learned something from. Check possession before choosing the case.