Kimlik can name an ID card in everyday speech, but it also means identity, as in kültürel kimlik (cultural identity). The surrounding words tell you whether someone is discussing a document or who a person or group is. Practise both meanings while keeping track of whose card is being moved or described.
The idea
For this noun, a vowel immediately after the stem changes k to ğ: kimliği, kimliğe, kimliğin, kimliğim. Before a consonant, keep k: kimlikte, kimlikten, kimlikler. The form kimliği has two possible jobs: the specific card as an object, or his/her card as a possessive form. In onun kimliğini, possession comes first; n connects that possessive form to the accusative -i. The table follows this word; the linked suffix lessons explain the wider patterns.
| Use | Form |
|---|---|
| Base form | kimlik |
| Accusative: specific card as object | kimliği |
| Dative | kimliğe |
| Locative | kimlikte |
| Ablative | kimlikten |
| Genitive | kimliğin |
| Plural | kimlikler |
| My ID card | kimliğim |
| Your ID card (singular) | kimliğin |
| His/her ID card | onun kimliği |
| Our ID card | kimliğimiz |
| Your ID card (plural/polite) | kimliğiniz |
| Their ID cards | onların kimlikleri |
| Our ID cards | kimliklerimiz |
| My ID card as object | kimliğimi |
| His/her ID card as object | onun kimliğini |
| On his/her ID card | onun kimliğinde |
| Our ID cards as object | kimliklerimizi |
Examples
- Kimliğim bugün çantamda.My ID card is in my bag today.
- Bu kimlik sana ait.This ID card belongs to you.
- Masadaki kimliği sen al.You take the ID card on the table.
- Kimlikte fotoğraf var.There is a photograph on the ID card.
- Bu kılıf kimliğe küçük geliyor.This sleeve is too small for the ID card.
- Kimliklerimizi ayrı ceplerde taşıyoruz.We carry our ID cards in separate pockets.
- Onun kimliğini çekmeceye koyuyorum.I am putting his or her ID card in the drawer.
- Yazar, romanda kültürel kimliği tartışıyor.The author explores cultural identity in the novel.
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Watch out
Do not treat onun kimliği as a ready-made object just because it ends in i. In Onun kimliğini çekmeceye koyuyorum, the final -i marks what is being put away. Also keep the two dots in mind: kimlik and its endings use dotted i, not dotless ı.
Try it yourself
Complete: Could you pass me the ID card on the table? Mark the specific object.
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kimliği
kimliği: the card is identified by its location on the table, so it is a specific object of passing. Add the accusative -i and soften the final k; no owner is stated.
Complete: The photograph on this ID card is very old. Use the locative.
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kimlikte
kimlikte: the photograph is on the card, so this is a location. The suffix begins with t after voiceless k, which stays because the next sound is a consonant.
Complete: I am putting his or her ID card in the drawer. Keep the possessive and add the accusative.
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kimliğini
kimliğini: onun supplies the owner. Start from kimliği (his/her card), then add n and the accusative -i because that card is the object of putting.
Complete with “our ID cards” as the object: We carry them in separate pockets.
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kimliklerimizi
kimliklerimizi: several cards belong to us and are what we carry. The sequence is kimlik + ler + imiz + i; the stem keeps k because the next sound is l.
Practice round
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Complete: Could you pass me the ID card on the table? Mark the specific object.
Complete: The photograph on this ID card is very old. Use the locative.
Complete: I am putting his or her ID card in the drawer. Keep the possessive and add the accusative.
Complete with “our ID cards” as the object: We carry them in separate pockets.
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 cards belonging to fictional people: where one is, moving someone’s card, and carrying several people’s cards. Add one sentence about cultural identity. Explain which meaning and which ending you chose.