Use otel to describe a stay, a destination and a place you leave. Then add possession to say whose hotel you mean; “our hotel” can be the one we stay at, not necessarily one we own.
The idea
The last vowel of otel is e, so its forms include oteller, otele, otelde and otelim. The stem keeps its l: there is no softening. Compare oteli buldum (I found the hotel) with onun oteli (his/her hotel): the same oteli is a specific object in the first phrase and a possessive form in the second. A case ending follows possession: otelimizde means at our hotel.
| Form | Meaning / use |
|---|---|
| otel | hotel; base form |
| oteli | the hotel (specific object) |
| otele | to the hotel |
| otelde | at the hotel |
| otelden | from the hotel |
| otelin | of the hotel; genitive |
| oteller | hotels |
| otelim | my hotel |
| otelin | your hotel (singular) |
| oteli | his/her hotel |
| otelimiz | our hotel |
| oteliniz | your hotel (plural/polite) |
| onların otelleri | their hotel(s) |
| otelimizde | at our hotel |
| onun otelinde | at his/her hotel |
| otellerimizden | from our hotels |
Examples
- Biz bu otelde kalıyoruz.We are staying at this hotel.
- Akşam otele yürüdük.We walked to the hotel in the evening.
- Bavullarımızı sabah otelden aldık.We collected our suitcases from the hotel in the morning.
- Oteli haritada buldum.I found the hotel on the map.
- Otelin bahçesinde iki kedi uyuyor.Two cats are sleeping in the hotel’s garden.
- Onun otelinde üç gece kaldık.We stayed at his or her hotel for three nights.
- Bu oteller kışın da açık.These hotels are open in winter too.
- otellerimizdenfrom our hotelsoteller-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 turn onun oteli into onun otelde. For “at his/her hotel”, keep the possessive -i, insert n, then add -de: onun otelinde. Without that possession, otelde simply says at the hotel.
Try it yourself
Complete with the whole word: I found the hotel on the map.
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oteli
oteli: the map helps you identify a particular hotel, and that hotel is the thing you found. The ending -i marks this specific object; it does not express ownership here.
Write the plural: hotels. There is no numeral.
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oteller
oteller: you are naming several hotels without a numeral. The e in the stem selects -ler, and the stem’s final l remains beside the suffix’s l.
Complete: Breakfast is ready at our hotel. Write the whole word.
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otelimizde
otelimizde: breakfast is ready at a location associated with us. Build otel + -imiz + -de; otelimiz alone says “our hotel” but does not mark the location.
Complete: We stayed at his or her hotel for three nights.
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otelinde
otelinde: onun identifies a third-person possessor. The form is otel + -i + n + -de; the linking n allows the case ending to follow this possessive form.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete with the whole word: I found the hotel on the map.
Write the plural: hotels. There is no numeral.
Complete: Breakfast is ready at our hotel. Write the whole word.
Complete: We stayed at his or her hotel for three nights.
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 hotels
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Write three sentences about an imagined trip: going to a hotel, staying at your hotel and leaving it. Then change one sentence to refer to his or her hotel.