Hasta names a patient, but it can also describe someone as ill. Here you will use it as a noun: identify the patient, say whose patient it is and connect that person to a verb.
The idea
The stem hasta stays intact: its final a gives back-vowel endings, with no consonant softening. Compare hastayı (the patient as a definite object), hastaya (to the patient) and hastanın (the patient’s). Possession gives hastam, hastamız and hastası. A case ending after hastası needs n: hastasına means to his/her patient. The table collects this noun’s forms; the linked suffix lessons explain the wider patterns.
| Use | Form |
|---|---|
| Base form | hasta |
| Accusative: definite object | hastayı |
| Dative: to the patient | hastaya |
| Locative: in/on the patient | hastada |
| Ablative: from the patient | hastadan |
| Genitive: the patient’s | hastanın |
| Plural: patients | hastalar |
| My patient | hastam |
| Your patient (singular) | hastan |
| His/her patient | hastası |
| Our patient | hastamız |
| Your patient (plural/polite) | hastanız |
| To his/her patient | hastasına |
Examples
- Hasta koridorda bekliyor.The patient is waiting in the corridor.
- Hemşire hastaya sesleniyor.The nurse is calling out to the patient.
- Doktor hastayı dinliyor.The doctor is listening to the patient.
- Hastanın çantası sandalyede.The patient’s bag is on the chair.
- Bizim hastamız bugün geliyor.Our patient is coming today.
- Doktor hastasına bir soru soruyor.The doctor is asking their patient a question.
- hastalarımızdanfrom our patientshastalar-ler / -lar: the plural suffixımız-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourdan-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out of
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Watch out
Hastayı does not mean his/her patient: -yı marks the object, while -sı in hastası marks possession. Also keep hastam (my patient) separate from hastayım (I am ill); the latter describes the speaker.
Try it yourself
Fill the gap with the definite object form of hasta: the doctor is listening to the patient.
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hastayı
hastayı: dinlemek takes a direct object in Turkish. This patient is definite, so add the accusative -yı; y separates the vowels.
Write the plural of hasta: patients.
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hastalar
hastalar: more than one patient is meant, with no preceding number. The final a selects -lar.
Complete with one word meaning “our patient”.
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hastamız
hastamız: bizim identifies us as the possessors. Add -mız to the vowel-final noun; hastalarımız would change the meaning to our patients.
Complete: the doctor is asking their own patient a question. Use hasta.
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hastasına
hastasına: the question is addressed to the doctor’s own patient. Start with hastası, then add the linking n and dative -a required for the recipient of soru sormak.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Fill the gap with the definite object form of hasta: the doctor is listening to the patient.
Write the plural of hasta: patients.
Complete with one word meaning “our patient”.
Complete: the doctor is asking their own patient a question. Use hasta.
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 patients
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Imagine a conversation at a clinic. Write one sentence about a patient, one about our patient and one about a doctor speaking to their patient. Identify the case and possessive endings.