Pazar names a market, but it also means Sunday. This lesson follows a shopping trip: going to a market, bringing produce from it and referring to the market of a neighbourhood.
The idea
The stem stays pazar: pazara, pazarı, pazardan, with no consonant softening. Its plural is pazarlar, and “our market” is pazarımız. In mahallenin pazarı, the final -ı marks the market’s association with the neighbourhood; adding a destination gives mahallenin pazarına. The form pazarı can also be a definite object, as in Bu pazarı iyi biliyorum. Read the whole phrase to identify its role.
| Form | Use / meaning |
|---|---|
| pazar | Market; bare form |
| pazarı | The market; definite object |
| pazara | To the market |
| pazarda | At the market |
| pazardan | From the market |
| pazarın | Of the market; genitive |
| pazarlar | Markets; plural |
| pazarım | My market |
| pazarın | Your market; singular informal |
| pazarı | His/her market |
| pazarımız | Our market |
| pazarınız | Your market; plural or polite |
| onların pazarı / onların pazarları | Their market / their markets; context clarifies number |
| pazarına | To his/her/its market |
| pazarlarımız | Our markets |
Examples
- Bugün pazara erken gidiyoruz.We are going to the market early today.
- Annem pazardan taze biber aldı.My mother bought fresh peppers at the market.
- Bizim pazarımız bugün çok kalabalık.Our market is very crowded today.
- Bu pazarı iyi biliyorum.I know this market well.
- Pazarın girişinde buluşalım.Let’s meet at the market entrance.
- Mahallenin pazarına yürüyerek gidiyorum.I walk to the neighbourhood market.
- Yakındaki pazarlar salı günleri kuruluyor.The nearby markets are set up on Tuesdays.
- Pazar günü pazarda çalışıyorum.I work at the market on Sunday.
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Watch out
Do not translate every pazar as a place. Pazar günü identifies Sunday, while pazarda identifies the market location in Pazar günü pazarda çalışıyorum. A market need not be held on Sunday. Also keep the extra n in mahallenin pazarına: plain pazara has no possessive ending.
Try it yourself
Complete with the whole word: We bought these tomatoes from the market.
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pazardan
pazardan: the tomatoes come from the market, so the blank identifies their source. The last vowel is a and r keeps the ending’s d.
Use the definite object form: We like this market very much.
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pazarı
pazarı: bu points to a specific market, and that market is the object of seviyoruz. Here -ı marks the object, not someone’s possession.
Write “to its market”: We are going to the neighbourhood’s market.
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pazarına
pazarına: mahallenin needs the matching possessive form pazarı. Movement then adds -na, retaining the link to the neighbourhood.
Write “our markets” as one word: These are our markets.
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pazarlarımız
pazarlarımız: several markets belong with “us”, so put plural -lar before possessive -ımız. Pazarımız would refer to just one market.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete with the whole word: We bought these tomatoes from the market.
Use the definite object form: We like this market very much.
Write “to its market”: We are going to the neighbourhood’s market.
Write “our markets” as one word: These are our markets.
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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Describe a market you know in four sentences: when you go, what you buy there, whose neighbourhood it serves and whether you go on Sunday. Use a destination, a source and a possessive form.