You will build the main forms of kardeş, brother or sister, and choose between -te and -de correctly.
The idea
kardeş means brother or sister and does not say which. Its last vowel e is front, so endings take front shapes: kardeşler, kardeşim, kardeşimiz, kardeşe. Its last sound ş is voiceless, so a bare kardeş takes -te and -ten: kardeşte, kardeşten. To be specific, put erkek (male) or kız (girl) before it: erkek kardeş, kız kardeş.
| Ending | Form | Sound before the ending |
|---|---|---|
| -ler | kardeşler | ş |
| -im | kardeşim | ş |
| -imiz | kardeşimiz | ş |
| -e | kardeşe | ş |
| -te | kardeşte | ş |
| -ten | kardeşten | ş |
| -imde | kardeşimde | m |
| -inde | kardeşinde | n |
Examples
- Benim iki kardeşim var.I have two siblings.After a number the noun stays singular: iki kardeşim. The word also does not say whether the siblings are brothers or sisters.
- Kardeşim şimdi okulda.My sibling is at school now.
- Kardeşime bir hediye aldım.I bought my sibling a present.
- Bu telefonu kardeşimden ödünç aldım.I borrowed this phone from my sibling.
- kardeşlerimizdenfrom our siblingskardeşler-ler / -lar: the plural suffiximiz-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourden-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out of
- kardeşimdeat my sibling'skardeşim-im / -ım / -um / -üm / -m: myde-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, onThe possessive -im ends in the voiced m, so the locative is -de again, not -te. Bare kardeş would give kardeşte.
- Ali bu hafta kardeşinde kalıyor.Ali is staying at his sibling's this week.The possessive -i is followed by the buffer n before the locative: kardeşinde, never kardeşide. The same form also means 'at your sibling's'.
- Kız kardeşim doktor, erkek kardeşim öğretmen.My sister is a doctor and my brother is a teacher.
Read-aloud uses a synthetic Turkish voice available on your device. Voice quality and availability vary; it does not assess your pronunciation.
No Turkish device voice is available. You can still read the text.
Watch out
The common slip is kardeşde or kardeşden: the ş is voiceless, so the ending starts with t. After a possessive ending the sound before it is voiced, and -de is right again: kardeşimde, kardeşinde. After a number kardeş stays singular: iki kardeşim, not iki kardeşlerim.
Try it yourself
Make the plural of kardeş (sibling).
Show answer or example answer
kardeşler
kardeşler: the last vowel e is front, so the plural is -ler; the ş does not change.
Add the ablative to kardeş (sibling): from the sibling.
Show answer or example answer
kardeşten
kardeşten: ş is voiceless, so the ablative starts with t, and the front vowel e gives -ten.
Add 'my' and the dative to kardeş: to my sibling.
Show answer or example answer
kardeşime
kardeşime: -im means 'my' (front vowel), then the dative -e follows; the possessive comes first, the case second.
Write 'my sister' (kız, girl; kardeş, sibling).
Show answer or example answer
kız kardeşim
kız kardeşim: kız ('girl') stands before kardeş as a separate word, and only kardeş takes the ending -im.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Make the plural of kardeş (sibling).
Add the ablative to kardeş (sibling): from the sibling.
Add 'my' and the dative to kardeş: to my sibling.
Write 'my sister' (kız, girl; kardeş, sibling).
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 siblings
Tap the parts in order to build this word: at my sibling's
Keep your progress
Sign up for free to save your practice results in your account.
Sign up to saveI already have an accountUse it today
Write three sentences about your own sibling or an invented one. Use kardeşim, kardeşimden and kız kardeşim or erkek kardeşim, and underline each ending.