Use kaza for an accident, whether on a bicycle or in traffic. You will describe a particular event, say whose accident it was, and keep the compound trafik kazası intact when adding a case ending.
The idea
The stem stays kaza: compare kazayı, kazaya, kazada and kazanın. Its final vowel gives back-vowel endings; there is no consonant to soften. Distinguish the object kazayı from the possessive kazası. The same -sı appears in trafik kazası, and a following case uses n: trafik kazasında, trafik kazasını. The plural is kazalar; “our accidents” is kazalarımız.
| Form | Meaning or function |
|---|---|
| kaza | accident; base form |
| kazayı | the accident; specific direct object |
| kazaya | to the accident; dative |
| kazada | in the accident |
| kazadan | from the accident; ablative |
| kazanın | of the accident; genitive |
| kazayla / kaza ile | with the accident; instrumental |
| kazalar | accidents |
| kazam | my accident |
| kazan | your accident; singular |
| kazası | his/her accident |
| kazamız | our accident |
| kazanız | your accident; plural or polite |
| onların kazaları | their accident(s); number depends on context |
| kazalarımız | our accidents |
| trafik kazası | traffic accident; noun compound |
| trafik kazasında | in the traffic accident |
| kazasını | his/her accident; direct object |
Examples
- Kazayı komşum da gördü.My neighbour saw the accident too.
- Bu kazada kimse yaralanmadı.Nobody was injured in this accident.
- Kazadan sonra eve döndük.We returned home after the accident.
- Bu kavşakta kazalar azaldı.Accidents at this junction have decreased.
- Bisiklet kazamı hâlâ hatırlıyorum.I still remember my cycling accident.
- Bir trafik kazasında iki araç zarar gördü.Two vehicles were damaged in a traffic accident.
- Sürücü kazaya tanık olduğunu söyledi.The driver said they had witnessed the accident.
- Kazanın nedeni henüz bilinmiyor.The cause of the accident is not yet known.
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Watch out
Do not shorten trafik kazasında to trafik kazada. The compound needs -sı before the case ending. Also, kazasını means “his/her accident” as an object; kazayı identifies an accident without saying whose it was.
Try it yourself
Complete with “the accident”: Today we discussed the accident we saw yesterday.
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kazayı
kazayı: dün gördüğümüz identifies the accident already seen. Here konuştuk takes that specific event as its direct object, so the form needs -yı.
Complete with “in this traffic accident”: Nobody was injured.
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kazasında
kazasında: the blank belongs to trafik kazası. Keeping -sı and adding -nda locates the event in that accident; kimse yaralanmadı says nobody was injured.
Complete with “my cycling accident”: It happened last summer.
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kazam
kazam: benim identifies the speaker as the person who had the accident. The final -m supplies that possession; no object ending is needed because the accident is the subject of oldu.
Use the plural as a direct object: We are investigating the accidents at this junction.
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kazaları
kazaları: the junction identifies which accidents are under investigation. Use kazalar plus accusative -ı; this sentence expresses a plural object, not someone’s possession.
Practice round
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Complete with “the accident”: Today we discussed the accident we saw yesterday.
Complete with “in this traffic accident”: Nobody was injured.
Complete with “my cycling accident”: It happened last summer.
Use the plural as a direct object: We are investigating the accidents at this junction.
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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Invent three sentences about a minor fictional accident: identify it as an object, say what happened in it, and mention whose accident it was. Underline the different endings.