Banka: bank, its cases and possessive forms
Bankaya, bankayı or bankası? Keep the final a in banka, distinguish a destination from a specific object, and say whose bank you mean.
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Turkish nouns
Learn each noun with its plural, case and possessive forms, then use it in short sentences.
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Turkish nouns
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Postane: post office, cases and possession
At the neighbourhood post office: build postane’s case, plural and possessive forms, and distinguish postanede from mahallemizin postanesinde.
Read and practiseBelediye: municipality, cases and possessive forms
The y in belediye belongs to the stem: keep it when forming belediyeye and belediyeyi. Practise municipality forms, plurals and “our municipality’s”.
Read and practiseMüze: museum forms and art-museum compounds
A museum visit starts with müzeye; an art museum needs sanat müzesine. Build case, plural and possessive forms without losing the compound ending.
Read and practiseKütüphane: library, cases and possession
A library you like or someone’s library? Distinguish the object and possessive forms of kütüphane, then practise its cases, plural and school-library phrases.
Read and practiseAirport in Turkish: the forms of havaalanı
Airport endings hide a compound: compare havaalanına, havaalanında and havaalanları, then say “our airport” without adding an extra vowel.
Read and practiseistasyon: station forms and the metro compound
Station entrances, routes and meeting points bring Turkish noun forms into focus: practise cases, possession and plurals, then keep the ending in “metro station”.
Read and practiseHotel: Turkish cases and possessive forms
A hotel stay gives each ending a job: name your destination, collect luggage from a hotel, and distinguish a hotel from his or her hotel.
Read and practiseRestoran: restaurant, cases and possession
A restaurant changes its ending with its role: compare restorana, restoranı and onun restoranında, then practise cases, plurals and ownership.
Read and practisepazar: market forms and the Sunday trap
A market visit or a Sunday plan? Build the cases, plural and possessive forms of pazar, and use context to keep its two everyday meanings apart.
Read and practiseMağaza: shop, ownership and clothing shops
A shop of your own or a clothing shop? Build mağaza case and possessive forms, and see why giyim mağazası becomes giyim mağazasına.
Read and practiseFırın: bakery, oven and noun forms
Bakery or oven? Fırın keeps both dotless vowels in fırını and fırınım. Practise its cases, plural and possessive forms with shopping and kitchen examples.
Read and practiseGarden: Turkish cases, plural and possession
A garden gate, a patch of mint, a neighbour’s pond: practise Turkish garden forms and distinguish a specific garden from someone’s garden.
Read and practisebalkon: balcony cases and possessives
Balcony breakfasts give balkon a setting: practise balkona, balkonda and balkondan, then distinguish cleaning a balcony from decorating someone’s balcony.
Read and practiseMutfak: kitchen cases and possessives
A kitchen changes from mutfakta to mutfağımızda when it becomes ours. Practise the cases, plural and possessives, keeping k or softening it where needed.
Read and practiseBanyo: bathroom cases and possession
A bathroom door, a clean towel, two bathrooms: practise banyo in its case and possessive forms, and distinguish banyoyu from banyosu and banyosunda.
Read and practiseDuvar: wall, cases and possession
A freshly painted wall gives duvarı a clear context. Practise duvar in cases, plural and possessive forms, and distinguish duvarda from duvarında.
Read and practiseÇatı: roof, cases and possession
From çatıya to evin çatısına: describe roofs, follow the noun through its cases and possessive forms, and distinguish a roof from a room’s ceiling.
Read and practiseanahtar: key, cases and possession
A house key carries two endings in ev anahtarını. Explore the cases and possessives of anahtar, keep its stem intact, and distinguish “the key” from “their keys”.
Read and practiseTicket in Turkish: cases and possession
A ticket left at home or a date printed on it: practise ticket forms, keep the final consonant, and distinguish a specific ticket from someone’s ticket.
Read and practiseHarita: map forms and city maps
Unfold a map: practise harita in cases, plural and possessive forms, then see why “on the city map” is şehir haritasında, with an extra n.
Read and practisePhotograph in Turkish: cases and possession
A photo album makes the endings concrete: practise photograph forms, keep the final consonant, and distinguish a photo from someone’s photo.
Read and practiseNewspaper in Turkish: gazete and its forms
A newspaper on the balcony or a report in its pages: practise Turkish cases, plurals and possession, and distinguish gazeteyi from gazetesini.
Read and practiseDergi: magazine cases and possession
A magazine on your table becomes dergiyi when you read it and dergim when it is yours. Practise cases, plurals and the extra n in dergisinde.
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