You will talk about the weather and the air with one word, and add the endings that give “in this weather”, “into the air” or “the air of a place”.
The idea
Hava means both weather and air, and a weather sentence needs no word for “it”: Hava soğuk. Because hava ends in a vowel, y appears before -a and -ı (havaya, havayı) and n before the genitive (havanın); the possessive is havası. The locative havada means in the air and, with bu, in this weather; the plural havalar is often used for the weather over a spell of days.
| Ending | With hava | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| -lar | havalar | the weather over several days |
| -da | havada | in the air |
| -dan | havadan | from the air |
| -ya | havaya | into the air |
| -yı | havayı | the air or the weather (object) |
| -nın | havanın | of the air or the weather |
| -sı | havası | its air; the air of a place |
Examples
- Bugün hava çok güzel.The weather is very nice today.No word for “it” is needed: hava is the subject and the adjective follows it.
- Bu havada evde kalıyorum.I am staying at home in this weather.Havada is the locative: with bu it means “in this weather”, that is, given this weather.
- Yarın hava yağmurlu olacak.Tomorrow the weather will be rainy.
- Biraz hava almak istiyorum.I want to get a little fresh air.Hava almak means to get some fresh air. Hava stays bare, with no -yı, because it is not one particular air.
- Şehrin havası temiz.The air in the city is clean.The owner şehrin takes the genitive and hava takes -sı: “the city's air”. Havası can also mean the weather of a place.
- Havalar soğudu.The weather has turned cold.The plural havalar is common for the weather over a spell of days; Hava soğudu is just as correct.
- havadain the airhavada-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
- havayainto the airhavayBuffer -y-: the y that joins vowelsa-e / -a / -ye / -ya: to, towards
- Havadan sudan konuştuk.We chatted about this and that.Havadan sudan konuşmak is an idiom for small talk; literally it is “to talk about air and water”.
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Watch out
Do not put a pronoun in place of “it”. Bugün o soğuk says that some person or thing is cold, while Bugün hava soğuk describes the weather. Hava is also the air, and after almak it stays bare: hava almak, not havayı almak.
Try it yourself
Add the locative to hava (weather): in this weather an umbrella is needed.
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havada
havada: hava ends in a vowel and the ending starts with a consonant, so -da attaches directly: bu havada means in this weather.
Add the dative to hava (air): The children throw the ball into the air.
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havaya
havaya: movement towards something takes the dative, and because the word ends in a vowel, y is inserted before -a.
Add the possessive ending to hava (air): The air on the mountain is clean.
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havası
havası: the owner dağın takes the genitive, so hava takes the possessive -sı after its final vowel.
Choose hava or o: It is cold today (the weather).
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hava
hava: the weather is the subject and stands without additions; o would mean a person or thing.
Practice round
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Add the locative to hava (weather): in this weather an umbrella is needed.
Add the dative to hava (air): The children throw the ball into the air.
Add the possessive ending to hava (air): The air on the mountain is clean.
Choose hava or o: It is cold today (the weather).
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: in the air
Tap the parts in order to build this word: into the air
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Write three sentences about today's weather and one about where you like to breathe fresh air. Use hava with an ending at least once.