Use konu for the subject of a conversation, a lesson or a text. Here you will choose a topic, return to it and explain what a piece of writing is about.
The idea
The stem stays konu: konuyu is a specific topic as an object, konuya points to a topic, and konudan works in konudan söz etmek, “to talk about a topic”. Compare bu konuda, “on this matter”. Possession gives konum, konumuz and konusu; after the plural, the vowel changes in konularımız. The table collects this noun’s forms.
| Use | Form |
|---|---|
| Base: topic | konu |
| Accusative: specific topic as object | konuyu |
| Dative: to the topic | konuya |
| Locative: on the matter | konuda |
| Ablative: from/about the topic | konudan |
| Genitive: of the topic | konunun |
| Plural: topics | konular |
| My topic | konum |
| Your topic (singular) | konun |
| His/her/its topic | konusu |
| Our topic | konumuz |
| Your topic (plural/polite) | konunuz |
| Their topic(s) | onların konuları |
| Our topics | konularımız |
| His/her/its topic as object | konusunu |
| To his/her/its topic | konusuna |
| From our topics | konularımızdan |
Examples
- Bugün konuyu birlikte seçiyoruz.Today we are choosing the topic together.
- Yarın konuya tekrar döneceğiz.Tomorrow we will return to the topic again.
- Bu konudan sık sık söz ediyoruz.We often talk about this topic.
- Bu konuda üç sorum var.I have three questions on this matter.
- Yazının konusu şehir hayatı.The subject of the text is city life.
- Önce yazının konusunu belirleyelim.Let’s first identify the subject of the text.
- Konularımız bu hafta çok farklı.Our topics are very different this week.
- konularımızdanfrom our topicskonular-ler / -lar: the plural suffixımız-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourdan-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out of
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Watch out
Do not confuse konuyu with konusu. In yazının konusu, “the subject of the text”, konusu marks the relationship to the text. When you summarise that subject, it becomes the object yazının konusunu: keep -su and add -nu, not -yu.
Try it yourself
Complete: we are choosing this topic for the meeting. Write only the missing form of konu.
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konuyu
konuyu: bu identifies the particular topic being chosen. The object ending follows the final vowel with a joining y; there is no owner here.
Complete: the title of this topic is very long. Write only the missing word.
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konunun
konunun: the heading belongs to this topic, so the phrase needs the genitive. The final u stays, and -nun connects the topic to its heading.
Complete: summarise the subject of the text in one sentence. Write only the missing word.
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konusunu
konusunu: the text already has a subject, expressed by konusu. Summarising acts on that subject, so the possessive form also needs the accusative with n.
Complete: our topics are different this week. Use the plural possessive form of konu.
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konularımız
konularımız: bizim identifies us as the owners, and the prompt asks for several topics. Add the plural first; its a gives the following possessive vowel ı.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete: we are choosing this topic for the meeting. Write only the missing form of konu.
Complete: the title of this topic is very long. Write only the missing word.
Complete: summarise the subject of the text in one sentence. Write only the missing word.
Complete: our topics are different this week. Use the plural possessive form of konu.
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 topics
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Choose two topics for a short discussion. Write one sentence with konuya, one with konudan and one naming the subject of a text with yazının konusu.