Use müze for a museum you visit, work in or describe. Follow the same noun through cases and possession, then see why an art museum has a longer ending when it becomes your destination.
The idea
The final vowel of müze is e: write müzeler, müzeyi and müzemiz, keeping the stem unchanged. The initial ü does not control the ending. Compare müzeye (to the museum), müzede (at the museum) and müzeden (from the museum). In sanat müzesi (art museum), -si completes the noun compound; before a case ending, add n: sanat müzesine, sanat müzesinde. This -si does not imply a personal owner.
| Form | Meaning / use |
|---|---|
| müze | museum; base form |
| müzeyi | the museum (specific object) |
| müzeye | to the museum |
| müzede | in/at the museum |
| müzeden | from the museum |
| müzenin | of the museum |
| müzeler | museums |
| müzem | my museum |
| müzen | your museum (singular) |
| müzesi | his/her/its museum |
| müzemiz | our museum |
| müzeniz | your museum (plural/polite) |
| onların müzesi / onların müzeleri | their museum / their museum(s); context decides |
| müzemizde | in our museum |
| müzelerimiz | our museums |
| sanat müzesi | art museum; noun compound |
| sanat müzesine | to the art museum |
Examples
- Bugün müzeye birlikte gidiyoruz.We are going to the museum together today.
- Çocuklar müzede resim çiziyor.The children are drawing pictures in the museum.
- Otobüs müzeden şimdi ayrılıyor.The bus is leaving the museum now.
- Müzenin bahçesinde eski bir heykel var.There is an old statue in the museum’s garden.
- Bu müzeyi tekrar gezmek istiyoruz.We want to visit this museum again.
- Şehrimizdeki müzeler birbirinden farklı.The museums in our city are different from one another.
- Bizim müzemizde küçük bir kütüphane var.There is a small library in our museum.
- Hafta sonu sanat müzesine gideceğiz.We will go to the art museum at the weekend.
- müzelerimizdenfrom our museumsmüzeler-ler / -lar: the plural suffiximiz-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourden-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out of
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Watch out
Do not shorten “to the art museum” to sanat müzeye. Keep müzesi and add the destination ending through n: sanat müzesine. For “in our museum”, however, use müzemizde: the first-person plural possessive needs no extra n.
Try it yourself
Write the whole word: We have visited this museum before.
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müzeyi
müzeyi: bu identifies the museum that we visited. It is the specific object of gezdik, so the noun takes -i, joined to its final vowel by y.
Write the plural of müze: museums, without a number before the noun.
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müzeler
müzeler: the prompt asks for several museums without a number. The last vowel is e, so the plural is -ler; the earlier ü does not make it -lar.
Write the whole word: There is a new hall in our museum.
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müzemizde
müzemizde: bizim identifies the museum as ours, while the hall is inside it. Attach -miz and then the location ending -de; müzemiz alone would omit “in”.
Write the missing word: We are walking to the art museum.
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müzesine
müzesine: sanat specifies the type of museum, so retain the compound form müzesi. The verb yürüyoruz makes it a destination: add n and -e.
Practice round
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Write the whole word: We have visited this museum before.
Write the plural of müze: museums, without a number before the noun.
Write the whole word: There is a new hall in our museum.
Write the missing word: We are walking to the art museum.
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 museums
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Plan a visit to an imaginary art museum in four sentences. Say where you are going, what you do inside and what the museum has. Include a plural form and underline the compound ending.