A shop can be a destination, a workplace or a business belonging to someone. With mağaza, you will name all three and recognise the same ending in giyim mağazası, a clothing shop.
The idea
Keep the stem mağaza intact, including ğ and the final a: mağazayı marks a specific object, mağazaya a destination, and mağazada a location. Compare mağazam (my shop), mağazamız (our shop) and mağazası (his/her shop). In giyim mağazası, the ending -sı links the two nouns: it identifies a kind of shop without naming an owner. Both this compound and the possessive form take n before a following case ending: giyim mağazasına, onun mağazasında. The table gives this noun’s forms; the related suffix lessons explain the wider patterns.
| Form | Meaning / use |
|---|---|
| mağaza | shop; base form |
| mağazayı | the shop (specific object) |
| mağazaya | to the shop |
| mağazada | in the shop |
| mağazadan | from the shop |
| mağazanın | of the shop |
| mağazalar | shops |
| mağazam | my shop |
| mağazan | your shop (singular) |
| mağazası | his/her shop |
| mağazamız | our shop |
| mağazanız | your shop (plural/polite) |
| onların mağazaları | their shop(s); number depends on context |
| giyim mağazası | clothing shop; noun compound |
| bir giyim mağazasında | in a clothing shop |
| onun mağazasına | to his/her shop |
| mağazalarımızdan | from our shops |
Examples
- Bu mağazada çanta satılıyor.Bags are sold in this shop.
- Akşam mağazaya birlikte gidelim.Let’s go to the shop together this evening.
- Bu mağazayı kardeşim açtı.My sibling opened this shop.
- Mağazanın vitrini çok renkli.The shop’s window display is very colourful.
- Bizim mağazamız pazar günleri kapalı.Our shop is closed on Sundays.
- Onun mağazasına yeni raflar aldık.We bought new shelves for his or her shop.
- Bu sokakta üç mağaza var.There are three shops on this street.
- Bir giyim mağazasında çalışıyorum.I work in a clothing shop.
- mağazalarımızdanfrom our shopsmağazalar-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 replace mağazayı with mağazası when you mean “the shop” as an object. And do not drop the compound ending when adding direction: “to a clothing shop” is bir giyim mağazasına, not bir giyim mağazaya. These are different jobs for the endings, even though both follow the same stem.
Try it yourself
Write the complete form of mağaza: We saw this shop yesterday.
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mağazayı
mağazayı: bu picks out a particular shop that we saw, so it is a specific direct object. The linking y comes between the final a and the accusative ı.
Write the plural of mağaza: shops, with no number before the noun.
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mağazalar
mağazalar: the last vowel of mağaza is a, so the plural is built with -lar. No number stands before the noun here; after üç, you would use mağaza.
Write the complete form of mağaza: Our shop is upstairs.
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mağazamız
mağazamız: bizim identifies us as the owners. The noun ends in a vowel, so -mız attaches directly; there is no extra vowel between the stem and m.
Complete with a form of mağaza: We are going to a clothing shop.
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mağazasına
mağazasına: giyim mağazası already names a clothing shop. Keep -sı, then add linking n and the directional -a, because we are going to that type of shop.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Write the complete form of mağaza: We saw this shop yesterday.
Write the plural of mağaza: shops, with no number before the noun.
Write the complete form of mağaza: Our shop is upstairs.
Complete with a form of mağaza: We are going to a clothing shop.
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 shops
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Describe an imaginary shopping street in four sentences: count its shops, say where you shop, describe your family’s shop and go to a clothing shop. Underline each form of mağaza and explain its role.