Hata means a mistake or error. You can make one, notice it, correct it and learn from it. This lesson follows the noun from an unspecified mistake to a particular mistake and then to someone’s own mistake.
The idea
The stem keeps its final a: hatalar, hatayı, hataya, hatam, hatası. No consonant softens. Compare hata yapmak (make a mistake) with bu hatayı düzeltmek (correct this mistake). When the mistake belongs to someone, onun hatası becomes onun hatasını as a direct object. In hatalarımızdan, the plural comes before possession and the ending meaning “from”.
| Form | Meaning or function |
|---|---|
| hata | mistake |
| hatalar | mistakes |
| hatayı | the mistake (direct object) |
| hataya | to a mistake |
| hatada | in a mistake |
| hatadan | from a mistake |
| hatanın | of a mistake |
| hatam | my mistake |
| hatan | your mistake (singular) |
| hatası | his/her mistake |
| hatamız | our mistake |
| hatanız | your mistake (plural or polite) |
| hataları | their mistake(s); also his/her mistakes or the mistakes as object |
| hatasını | his/her mistake (direct object) |
| hatalarımızdan | from our mistakes |
Examples
- Bu hatayı birlikte düzeltebiliriz.We can correct this mistake together.
- Öğretmen hatamı hemen fark etti.The teacher noticed my mistake immediately.
- Bu hatadan çok şey öğrendik.We learned a lot from this mistake.
- Her taslakta birkaç hata buluyoruz.We find a few mistakes in every draft.
- Kardeşim hatasını kabul etti.My sibling admitted their mistake.
- Aynı hataya tekrar düşmek istemiyorum.I don’t want to make the same mistake again.
- hatalarımızdanfrom our mistakeshatalar-ler / -lar: the plural suffixımız-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourdan-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out of
- hatasınıhis/her mistake (direct object)hatası-i / -si: his, her, itsnBuffer -n-: evinde, evinden, evineı-i / -ı / -u / -ü: marking the definite object
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Watch out
Do not treat hatayı and hatası as interchangeable: the first marks a specific object, while the second says whose mistake it is. “I corrected his/her mistake” is Onun hatasını düzelttim: keep possession and add the object ending with n. After üç or birkaç, use hata, without the plural ending.
Try it yourself
Bu ___ hemen düzeltelim. (hata) — Complete: Let’s correct this mistake immediately.
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hatayı
hatayı: bu points to the particular mistake we want to correct. Add the object ending to the vowel-final noun with y; this sentence does not name an owner.
Kardeşim kendi ___ düzeltti. (hata) — Complete: My sibling corrected their own mistake. Use the singular.
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hatasını
hatasını: the mistake belongs to the sibling and is what they corrected. Start with hatası, then add n and the object ending -ı; hatayı would lose the ownership.
Biz kendi ___ ders çıkarıyoruz. (hata; çoğul) — Complete: We learn lessons from our own mistakes.
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hatalarımızdan
hatalarımızdan: several mistakes belong to us, and they are the source of the lesson. Build hata + lar + ımız + dan; hatalarımız alone would leave out “from”.
Metinde üç ___ var. (hata) — Complete: There are three mistakes in the text.
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hata
hata: üç already gives the number. The English translation has “mistakes”, but the Turkish noun stays singular in üç hata.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Bu ___ hemen düzeltelim. (hata) — Complete: Let’s correct this mistake immediately.
Kardeşim kendi ___ düzeltti. (hata) — Complete: My sibling corrected their own mistake. Use the singular.
Biz kendi ___ ders çıkarıyoruz. (hata; çoğul) — Complete: We learn lessons from our own mistakes.
Metinde üç ___ var. (hata) — Complete: There are three mistakes in the text.
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 mistakes
Tap the parts in order to build this word: his/her mistake (direct object)
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Write three sentences about a draft: point out a mistake, correct someone else’s mistake, and say what you learn from your own mistakes. Check who owns each mistake and what the verb requires.