You will build the forms of okul, add endings to a word that ends in a consonant, and tell the two jobs of okulu apart.
The idea
okul ends in a consonant, so endings attach directly: there is no buffer letter and the l never softens. You get okullar, okulum, okula, okulda and okuldan. The last vowel u is back and rounded, which gives -lar, -um, -a, -da and -dan.
| Word | Ending | Form |
|---|---|---|
| okul | -lar | okullar |
| okul | -um | okulum |
| okul | -u | okulu |
| okul | -umuz | okulumuz |
| okul | -a | okula |
| okul | -da | okulda |
| okul | -dan | okuldan |
| okul | -u + -n + -dan | okulundan |
Examples
- Ablam okula gidiyor.My older sister goes to school.
- Sabah okul sekizde başlıyor.School starts at eight in the morning.
- Ali okuldan geliyor.Ali is coming from school.
- Okulu seviyorum.I like the school.Here -u marks a specific school as the object, with no owner in the sentence. The next example has the same letters but means his or her school.
- Onun okulu çok eski.His or her school is very old.Here -u is the possessive his or her. The word onun names the owner, and okulu is the subject, so it cannot be an object.
- okullarımızdain our schoolsokullar-ler / -lar: the plural suffixımız-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourda-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
- okulundanfrom his or her schoolokulu-i / -si: his, her, itsnBuffer -n-: evinde, evinden, evinedan-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out ofAfter the possessive -u, a buffer n comes before the case ending: okul + u + n + dan. The form okuludan does not exist.
- okulumato my schoolokulum-im / -ım / -um / -üm / -m: mya-e / -a / -ye / -ya: to, towards
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Watch out
The form okulu has two jobs: onun okulu is “his or her school”, while Okulu seviyorum is “I like the school”, with -u marking a particular school as the object. Without it, Okul seviyorum speaks about school in general. Also do not add a buffer as in arabaya: it is okula, not okulya.
Try it yourself
Add “my” to okul (school): my school.
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okulum
okulum: okul ends in a consonant, so the ending for “my” is the full -um, not just -m, and the back rounded u gives -um.
Add the right ending to okul (school): We are going to school.
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okula
okula: after a consonant the dative needs no buffer y, and the back vowel u gives -a.
Fill in okul (school) with the ending for his or her school.
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okulu
okulu: onun already names the owner, so the noun only needs the possessive -u; it is the subject, not an object.
Make “from his or her school” from okul (school).
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okulundan
okulundan: the possessive -u is followed by a buffer n, then -dan, because the stem still ends in a voiced sound.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Add “my” to okul (school): my school.
Add the right ending to okul (school): We are going to school.
Fill in okul (school) with the ending for his or her school.
Make “from his or her school” from okul (school).
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: in our schools
Tap the parts in order to build this word: from his or her school
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Write three short sentences about a school you know, using okulda, okuldan and okula. For each one, say whether it answers where, from where or to where.