Hak names a right or entitlement; in a game it can also mean an allowed attempt. Here you will track whose right it is and what role it plays in the sentence.
The idea
Before a vowel-initial ending, hak takes a second k: hakkı, hakka, hakkım. Before a consonant it keeps one: haklar, hakta, haktan. In haklarımız the plural comes before possession, so the stem still has one k. The table separates cases from owners. Hakkı can be a definite object or mean his/her right; onların hakları may also refer to one shared right, depending on context.
| Form / owner | One right | Several rights |
|---|---|---|
| Base form | hak | haklar |
| Definite object | hakkı | hakları |
| Dative | hakka | haklara |
| Locative | hakta | haklarda |
| Ablative | haktan | haklardan |
| Genitive | hakkın | hakların |
| My | hakkım | haklarım |
| Your (one person) | hakkın | hakların |
| His / her | hakkı | hakları |
| Our | hakkımız | haklarımız |
| Your (plural / polite) | hakkınız | haklarınız |
| Their (explicit owner) | onların hakkı | onların hakları |
Examples
- Bu oyunda iki hakkım kaldı.I have two attempts left in this game.
- Bu hakkı bugün kullanıyoruz.We are using this right today.
- Biz bu haktan vazgeçmiyoruz.We are not giving up this right.
- Her oyuncunun üç tahmin hakkı var.Each player has three chances to guess.
- Söz hakkını henüz kullanmadın.You have not used your turn to speak yet.
- Bu haklar bütün oyuncular için aynı.These rights are the same for all players.
- Bu konuda haklısın.You are right about this.
- Haklarımızı birlikte konuşalım.Let’s discuss our rights together.
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Watch out
Do not translate “you are right” with the noun alone: say haklısın. Hakkın var means you have a right or entitlement. Also, hakkı already marks possession in oyuncunun hakkı; making that phrase an object gives oyuncunun hakkını, with an extra n before the case ending.
Try it yourself
Complete with “my attempt”: I have one attempt left in this game.
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hakkım
hakkım: the attempt belongs to the speaker, so the ending is -ım. The vowel brings out the second k; bir keeps the noun singular.
Use hak as a definite object: I will use this right now.
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hakkı
hakkı: bu points to the particular right being used. The accusative -ı makes it the definite object of kullanacağım; it does not identify an owner here.
Complete with “our rights”, plural.
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haklarımız
haklarımız: several rights belong to us, so plural -lar comes before -ımız. The stem meets l, not a vowel, and keeps one k.
Add the object ending to hakkı: the player used their own turn to speak.
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hakkını
hakkını: the player uses their own right. Possessive hakkı takes -nı to become the definite object of kullandı; writing only hakkı would omit the case ending.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete with “my attempt”: I have one attempt left in this game.
Use hak as a definite object: I will use this right now.
Complete with “our rights”, plural.
Add the object ending to hakkı: the player used their own turn to speak.
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 game with two attempts per player. Write who has an attempt left, who uses it and what rights the players share. Use hakkım, hakkını and haklarımız.