Havaalanı means airport. Although it is written as one word, it contains hava (air), alan (area) and the compound ending -ı. That structure matters when you describe a journey or talk about your local airport.
The idea
Keep the compound ending before a case and insert n: havaalanına, havaalanında, havaalanından, havaalanını. For the plural, put -lar before that ending: havaalanları. A personal possessive replaces the compound ending: havaalanım, havaalanımız. The n of alan does not soften; these forms use back vowels. “Our airport” can mean the airport serving our town, without implying ownership.
| Use | Turkish form |
|---|---|
| Base: airport | havaalanı |
| Accusative: airport as a definite object | havaalanını |
| Dative: to the airport | havaalanına |
| Locative: at the airport | havaalanında |
| Ablative: from the airport | havaalanından |
| Genitive: of the airport | havaalanının |
| Plural: airports | havaalanları |
| At the airports | havaalanlarında |
| My airport | havaalanım |
| Your airport (singular) | havaalanın |
| His/her airport | onun havaalanı |
| Our airport | havaalanımız |
| Your airport (plural/polite) | havaalanınız |
| Their airport / airports (context decides) | onların havaalanı / onların havaalanları |
| Our airports | havaalanlarımız |
| At our airport | havaalanımızda |
Examples
- Yarın havaalanına erken gideceğiz.Tomorrow we will go to the airport early.
- Annem havaalanında bizi bekliyor.My mother is waiting for us at the airport.
- Bu otobüs havaalanından geliyor.This bus is coming from the airport.
- Haritada havaalanını bulduk.We found the airport on the map.
- Havaalanının girişinde küçük bir kafe var.There is a small café at the entrance to the airport.
- Büyük havaalanları geceleri de kalabalık oluyor.Large airports are busy at night too.
- Bizim havaalanımız şehir merkezine çok yakın.Our airport is very close to the city centre.
- Havaalanımızdan merkeze otobüsle gidiyoruz.We travel from our airport to the centre by bus.
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Watch out
Do not treat the final ı like the last vowel of kapı: kapıya but havaalanına, not havaalanıya. Likewise, the plural is havaalanları, not havaalanılar. Keep the two adjacent letters aa and the dotless ı in the base word.
Try it yourself
Complete the whole word: tomorrow we will go to the airport. Yarın ___ gideceğiz. (havaalanı)
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havaalanına
havaalanına: gideceğiz makes the airport the destination. The case comes after a compound ending, so the linking consonant is n; havaalanında would mean “at the airport”.
Use the plural: these large airports are busy at night too. Bu büyük ___ geceleri de kalabalık oluyor. (havaalanı, çoğul)
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havaalanları
havaalanları: the prompt refers to several airports. The plural goes inside the compound, before its final ı; there is no number here that would keep the noun singular.
Use the possessive: our airport is small but practical. Bizim ___ küçük ama kullanışlı. (havaalanı)
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havaalanımız
havaalanımız: bizim identifies the group associated with this one airport. Replace the compound -ı with -ımız; havaalanlarımız would refer to more than one airport.
Complete the whole word: the bus left the airport. Otobüs ___ çıktı. (havaalanı)
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havaalanından
havaalanından: çıktı describes leaving the airport, so the noun marks the starting point. Keep the compound ı, then add n and -dan; no apostrophe is needed for this common noun.
Practice round
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Complete the whole word: tomorrow we will go to the airport. Yarın ___ gideceğiz. (havaalanı)
Use the plural: these large airports are busy at night too. Bu büyük ___ geceleri de kalabalık oluyor. (havaalanı, çoğul)
Use the possessive: our airport is small but practical. Bizim ___ küçük ama kullanışlı. (havaalanı)
Complete the whole word: the bus left the airport. Otobüs ___ çıktı. (havaalanı)
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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Describe an imaginary airport: say how you will go there, where someone is waiting and how you leave it. Add one sentence about “our airport” and one about several airports.