Özgürlük names freedom, while özgür describes someone or something as free. Practise discussing creative choices and personal independence, with endings that show whose freedom you mean.
The idea
For the general idea, use singular özgürlük; özgürlükler distinguishes different freedoms. This noun softens its final k before a vowel: özgürlüğe, özgürlüğüm. It keeps k in özgürlükte and özgürlükten. After the plural, the possessive vowel follows e: özgürlüklerimiz. In seçim özgürlüğü, the final ending links the nouns: freedom of choice. A following case adds n, as in seçim özgürlüğüne.
| Use | Form |
|---|---|
| Base: freedom | özgürlük |
| Accusative | özgürlüğü |
| Dative | özgürlüğe |
| Locative | özgürlükte |
| Ablative | özgürlükten |
| Genitive | özgürlüğün |
| Plural: freedoms | özgürlükler |
| My freedom | özgürlüğüm |
| Your freedom (singular) | özgürlüğün |
| His/her freedom | özgürlüğü |
| Our freedom | özgürlüğümüz |
| Your freedom (plural/polite) | özgürlüğünüz |
| Their freedom(s) | onların özgürlükleri |
| Our freedoms | özgürlüklerimiz |
| Dative: his/her freedom | onun özgürlüğüne |
Examples
- Bu atölyede özgürlüğe önem veriyoruz.We value freedom in this workshop.
- Benim için özgürlüğün anlamı değişti.The meaning of freedom has changed for me.
- Bu özgürlükten vazgeçmek istemiyorum.I do not want to give up this freedom.
- Kendi çalışma saatlerimi seçme özgürlüğüm var.I have the freedom to choose my own working hours.
- Bu projede yaratıcılık özgürlüğümüzü koruyoruz.We are preserving our creative freedom in this project.
- Çocukların seçim özgürlüğüne saygı duyuyoruz.We respect the children’s freedom of choice.
- Farklı özgürlükler bazen birbiriyle çatışabilir.Different freedoms can sometimes conflict with one another.
- Özgür olmak, her istediğini yapmak demek değildir.Being free does not mean doing whatever you want.
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Watch out
Özgürüm means “I am free”; özgürlüğüm means “my freedom” and does not by itself make that statement. Also read the whole phrase: özgürlüğü may be an accusative object or mean “his/her freedom”. Onun makes the possessor explicit.
Try it yourself
Complete with the accusative: I want to preserve this freedom.
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özgürlüğü
özgürlüğü: korumak acts on this particular freedom, so the object takes the accusative. The vowel ü follows the last vowel and the final k becomes ğ.
Complete: I do not want to give up this freedom.
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özgürlükten
özgürlükten: vazgeçmek takes the ablative for what you give up. Here the ending begins with t after k, so the stem keeps its final consonant.
Complete with “my freedom”: I have the freedom to choose my own hours.
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özgürlüğüm
özgürlüğüm: benim identifies the speaker as possessor. The noun means “my freedom”, and var completes the idea of having that freedom; özgürüm would mean “I am free”.
Complete with the possessed noun in the dative: I respect his/her freedom of choice.
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özgürlüğüne
özgürlüğüne: onun requires third-person possession, and saygı duymak takes the dative. The resulting sequence is özgürlüğü + n + e, not the unpossessed özgürlüğe.
Practice round
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Complete with the accusative: I want to preserve this freedom.
Complete: I do not want to give up this freedom.
Complete with “my freedom”: I have the freedom to choose my own hours.
Complete with the possessed noun in the dative: I respect his/her freedom of choice.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write three sentences about freedom to choose your working hours, a creative activity and someone else’s choices. Use one possessive form and one form after a verb that requires a case.