Use misafir for a guest you welcome or host. You will offer something to a guest, greet a specific guest and say whose guest someone is. The noun itself does not mark gender.
The idea
The stem stays intact: misafir, misafire, misafiri, misafirler. Its last vowel i determines the endings, despite the earlier a. Notice the two uses of misafiri: a specific guest as an object, or his/her guest. The sentence tells you which. In onun misafirine, possession comes before the case: misafir + -i + n + -e.
| Function | Form |
|---|---|
| Base form | misafir |
| Accusative: the guest as object | misafiri |
| Dative: to the guest | misafire |
| Locative: at the guest’s | misafirde |
| Ablative: from the guest | misafirden |
| Genitive: the guest’s | misafirin |
| Plural: guests | misafirler |
| My guest | misafirim |
| Your guest (singular) | misafirin |
| His/her guest | misafiri |
| Our guest | misafirimiz |
| Your guest (plural or polite) | misafiriniz |
| Their guest(s) | misafirleri |
| Our guests | misafirlerimiz |
| To our guests | misafirlerimize |
| To his/her guest | onun misafirine |
Examples
- Misafirler salonda bekliyor.The guests are waiting in the living room.
- Misafire kahve hazırlıyorum.I am making coffee for the guest.
- Misafiri kapıda karşılıyoruz.We are greeting the guest at the door.
- Bu misafirin valizi çok ağır.This guest’s suitcase is very heavy.
- Onun misafirine temiz bir havlu verdik.We gave his or her guest a clean towel.
- Misafirimiz yarın yola çıkacak.Our guest will set off tomorrow.
- Misafirlerimizden güzel bir mektup geldi.A lovely letter arrived from our guests.
- misafirlerimizeto our guestsmisafirler-ler / -lar: the plural suffiximiz-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: oure-e / -a / -ye / -ya: to, towards
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Watch out
If you mean “to his/her guest”, misafire loses the possessive meaning. Use onun misafirine, keeping the possessive -i and the linking n. Without onun, misafirine can also mean “to your guest”; context identifies the host.
Try it yourself
Complete with “for the guest”: I am making coffee for the guest. Write only the missing word.
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misafire
misafire: the guest receives the coffee, so the noun takes the dative -e. The final r stays; no linking consonant is needed.
Complete: we are greeting this guest at the door. Write only the missing word.
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misafiri
misafiri: bu identifies the guest we greet, making the phrase a definite direct object. Here -i marks the object, not someone’s possession.
Complete: we gave our guests clean towels. Express “to our guests” in one word.
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misafirlerimize
misafirlerimize: there is more than one guest and they are our guests. Build misafir + -ler + -imiz + -e; the last ending marks the recipients of the towels.
Complete: we gave his or her guest a clean towel. Write only the missing word.
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misafirine
misafirine: onun identifies a third-person possessor. Keep misafiri (his/her guest), then add n and -e to mark who receives the towel.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete with “for the guest”: I am making coffee for the guest. Write only the missing word.
Complete: we are greeting this guest at the door. Write only the missing word.
Complete: we gave our guests clean towels. Express “to our guests” in one word.
Complete: we gave his or her guest a clean towel. Write only the missing word.
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: to our guests
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Imagine two guests visiting. Write whom you welcome, what you give your guests and what you give a neighbour’s guest. Use a different form of misafir each time.