ocak: stove and January

The idea

Ocak can mean a stove; Ocak is also the month January. The stove form softens k before a vowel: ocağı, ocağım. Before the locative consonant it stays k: ocakta.

Examples

• Ocağı akşam dikkatle temizledik.We carefully cleaned the stove in the evening.
• Ocakta küçük bir tencerede çorba kaynıyor.Soup is boiling in a small saucepan on the stove.
• Yeni ocak mutfakta pencerenin yanında.The new stove is by the window in the kitchen.
• Bu ocak çok eski.This stove is very old.
• Ocağım mutfağın köşesinde.My stove is in the corner of the kitchen.
• Ocak ayında hava genellikle soğuk.The weather is generally cold in January.

Watch out

A sentence about soup on ocakta concerns a stove; Ocak ayında concerns January. The context determines the meaning.

Try it yourself

1. Use the definite object: We carefully cleaned the stove in the evening. ___ akşam dikkatle temizledik.

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   ocağı

   ocağı: k becomes ğ before the accusative -ı.

2. Use the locative: Soup is boiling in a small saucepan on the stove. ___ küçük bir tencerede çorba kaynıyor.

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   ocakta

   ocakta: after voiceless k, the locative is -ta.

3. Use the possessive: My stove is in the corner of the kitchen. Benim ___ mutfağın köşesinde.

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   ocağım

   ocağım: -ım marks my stove and the final k softens.

Use it today

Describe a stove and write one sentence about January.