Gelişme can name a process of development or a new turn of events. It does not guarantee improvement: olumsuz bir gelişme is a negative development. The plural gelişmeler often refers to recent events or updates.
The idea
The noun stem stays gelişme: gelişmeyi, gelişmeye, gelişmenin, with no consonant softening. Possession gives gelişmem, gelişmemiz and gelişmesi. Compare bu gelişmeyi with projenin gelişmesini: the latter keeps -si for the project’s development, then adds -n- and the object ending -i.
| Form | Meaning or function |
|---|---|
| gelişme | bare noun: development |
| gelişmeyi | accusative: the development as object |
| gelişmeye | dative: to the development |
| gelişmede | locative: in the development |
| gelişmeden | ablative: from the development |
| gelişmenin | genitive: of the development |
| gelişmeler | plural: developments |
| gelişmeleri | plural accusative: the developments as object |
| gelişmem | my development |
| gelişmen | your development (singular) |
| gelişmesi | his / her / its development |
| gelişmemiz | our development |
| gelişmeniz | your development (plural or polite) |
| gelişmeleri | their development(s); also his / her / its developments |
| gelişmesini | his / her / its development as object |
| gelişmesine | to his / her / its development |
Examples
- Son gelişmeleri yakından izliyoruz.We are following the latest developments closely.
- Bu gelişmeye herkes şaşırdı.Everyone was surprised by this development.
- Bu gelişmeden ekip haberdar.The team is aware of this development.
- Projenin gelişmesini haftalık toplantılarda değerlendiriyoruz.We assess the project’s development at weekly meetings.
- Bu olumsuz gelişme takvimi değiştirdi.This negative development changed the schedule.
- Bu gelişmenin nedenini henüz bilmiyoruz.We do not yet know the reason for this development.
- Düzenli çalışma, mesleki gelişmemize katkı sağlıyor.Regular work contributes to our professional development.
- Bu gelişmede öğretmenlerin de payı var.Teachers also have a part in this development.
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Watch out
Do not drop possession when adding a case ending. For “we are following the project’s development”, write Projenin gelişmesini izliyoruz, not Projenin gelişmeyi izliyoruz. Also, gelişmeleri can be a plural object or a possessive form; the whole sentence decides.
Try it yourself
Complete with gelişme: We added this development to the report. Use the singular.
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gelişmeyi
gelişmeyi: this is the particular development being added, so it is the object. The final vowel needs the linking y before -i; rapora already names the destination.
Use the plural of gelişme: We are following the latest developments closely.
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gelişmeleri
gelişmeleri: several recent events are being followed. Here -ler makes the plural and -i marks that plural as the object; there is no possessor in this sentence.
Complete with gelişme: We are following the project’s development. Keep the possessive relationship.
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gelişmesini
gelişmesini: projenin identifies what is developing, so gelişmesi must retain its possessive ending. Following that development makes it the object and gives gelişmesini.
Complete with gelişme: We learned a lesson from this development.
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gelişmeden
gelişmeden: the development is the source of the lesson learned. The expression ders çıkarmak takes that source in the ablative; the final e gives -den.
Practice round
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Complete with gelişme: We added this development to the report. Use the singular.
Use the plural of gelişme: We are following the latest developments closely.
Complete with gelişme: We are following the project’s development. Keep the possessive relationship.
Complete with gelişme: We learned a lesson from this development.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write a short project update: one sentence about a new development, one about the project’s development and one about a lesson learned from an event. Mark the case and possessive endings separately.