Use kütüphane for a library: a place to read or study. You will say where you meet, where you are going and which library you like, then build forms with a possessor.
The idea
The stem kütüphane stays intact; its final e gives kütüphaneler, kütüphaneye and kütüphaneyi. The two earlier ü vowels do not choose the ending. Compare kütüphaneyi (the library as an object) with kütüphanesi (his/her library). In okul kütüphanesi (school library), the second noun also takes -si; a following case uses n: okul kütüphanesinde.
| Use | Form |
|---|---|
| Base: library | kütüphane |
| Plural: libraries | kütüphaneler |
| Accusative: specific library as object | kütüphaneyi |
| Dative: to the library | kütüphaneye |
| Locative: in the library | kütüphanede |
| Ablative: from the library | kütüphaneden |
| Genitive: of the library | kütüphanenin |
| My library | kütüphanem |
| Your library (singular) | kütüphanen |
| His/her library | kütüphanesi |
| Our library | kütüphanemiz |
| Your library (plural or polite) | kütüphaneniz |
| Their library (singular) | onların kütüphanesi |
| Their libraries (plural) | onların kütüphaneleri |
| From our libraries | kütüphanelerimizden |
| In the school library | okul kütüphanesinde |
Examples
- Bugün kütüphanede buluşuyoruz.We are meeting at the library today.
- Yarın kütüphaneye gideceğim.I will go to the library tomorrow.
- Bu kütüphaneyi çok seviyorum.I really like this library.
- Kütüphanenin kapısı açık.The library’s door is open.
- Mahallemizde iki kütüphane var.There are two libraries in our neighbourhood.
- Okul kütüphanesinde sessizce çalışıyoruz.We are studying quietly in the school library.
- Kütüphanemiz cumartesi günleri açık.Our library is open on Saturdays.
- kütüphanelerimizdenfrom our librarieskütüphaneler-ler / -lar: the plural suffiximiz-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourden-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out of
- kütüphanesindein his/her librarykütüphanesi-i / -si: his, her, itsnBuffer -n-: evinde, evinden, evinede-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
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Watch out
Do not replace kütüphaneyi with kütüphanesi just because both end in i. In Bu kütüphaneyi çok seviyorum, the library is what you like; no possessor is named. Keep the internal p unchanged: kütüphaneyi.
Try it yourself
Complete: I will go to the library in the afternoon.
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kütüphaneye
kütüphaneye: the library is the destination of gideceğim. The final e stays, and y joins it to the dative vowel.
Use the plural: The libraries in this city are very big.
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kütüphaneler
kütüphaneler: several libraries are meant, and no numeral precedes this noun. The plural is -ler after the final e; compare the singular in iki kütüphane.
Complete: I really like this library.
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kütüphaneyi
kütüphaneyi: bu identifies the library you like, so this object takes the accusative. The y links the stem to -i; -si would introduce possession instead.
Complete: We are studying quietly in the school library.
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kütüphanesinde
kütüphanesinde: first build okul kütüphanesi, then add the locative through n. The full phrase says where the studying happens, so kütüphaneye would give the wrong relation.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete: I will go to the library in the afternoon.
Use the plural: The libraries in this city are very big.
Complete: I really like this library.
Complete: We are studying quietly in the school library.
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 libraries
Tap the parts in order to build this word: in his/her library
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Describe an imaginary library in three sentences: go to it, say what you do there, and mention the school library. Circle the case endings and underline the possessive or compound marker.