kravat: a tie for a meeting

The idea

Kravat means tie. It keeps t in kravatı, kravatın and kravata. These forms mark a definite object, a possessor and a direction.

Examples

• Kravatı aynanın önünde bağladım.I tied the tie in front of the mirror.
• Kravatın rengi bugün koyu mavi.The tie's colour is dark blue today.
• Kravata biraz kahve döküldü.A little coffee spilled onto the tie.
• Bu kravat çok uzun.This tie is very long.
• Babam toplantıda kravat takıyor.My father wears a tie at the meeting.
• Dolapta iki kravat var.There are two ties in the cupboard.

Watch out

Do not change the final t to d before these vowel endings. Kravatın rengi says the colour of the tie.

Try it yourself

1. I tied the tie in front of the mirror. (specific object) ___ aynanın önünde bağladım.

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   kravatı

   kravatı marks the tied object as definite.

2. The tie’s colour is dark blue today. (of the tie) ___ rengi bugün koyu mavi.

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   kravatın

   kravatın is the genitive of the tie in this phrase.

3. A little coffee spilled onto the tie. (toward the tie) ___ biraz kahve döküldü.

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   kravata

   kravata uses the dative for the direction of the spill.

Use it today

Describe a tie and what happens if coffee spills on it.