Postane means a post office. Use it to name a destination, say where someone is waiting, or describe your local branch. The possessive in postanemiz can mean the post office we use; it need not mean we own it.
The idea
Keep the stem postane intact: its final e gives forms such as postaneler and postanede. Before the vowel endings for a destination and a specific object, insert y: postaneye, postaneyi. Compare postanenin kapısı (the post office’s door) with mahallemizin postanesi (our neighbourhood’s post office). The table brings together this noun’s forms; the related suffix lessons explain the wider patterns.
| Use | Form |
|---|---|
| Base form | postane |
| Accusative: specific object | postaneyi |
| Dative: to | postaneye |
| Locative: at | postanede |
| Ablative: from | postaneden |
| Genitive: of | postanenin |
| Plural | postaneler |
| My post office | postanem |
| Your post office (singular) | postanen |
| His/her/its post office | postanesi |
| Our post office | postanemiz |
| Your post office (plural/polite) | postaneniz |
| Their post office(s) | onların postaneleri |
| At his/her/its post office | postanesinde |
| At our post office | postanemizde |
Examples
- Bugün postaneye birlikte gidiyoruz.Today we are going to the post office together.
- Postanede iki kişi bekliyor.Two people are waiting at the post office.
- Bu postaneyi kolayca bulduk.We found this post office easily.
- Postaneden bir paket geldi.A parcel arrived from the post office.
- Postanenin kapısı açık.The door of the post office is open.
- Mahallemizin postanesinde iki gişe var.There are two counters at our neighbourhood’s post office.
- Postanemiz parka yakın.Our post office is near the park.
- Bu postaneler birbirine yakın.These post offices are close to each other.
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Watch out
In mahallemizin postanesinde, the post office is linked to the neighbourhood by -si. Keep that ending and add n before -de: postanesi → postanesinde. Bare postanede only says “at the post office” and does not complete this possessive phrase.
Try it yourself
Complete with “to the post office”: Tomorrow we will go ___.
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postaneye
postaneye: gideceğiz names a journey, so the missing word gives its destination. The final e remains before the linking y and the ending -e.
Complete with “the post office”: We finally found ___ that we were looking for.
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postaneyi
postaneyi: aradığımız identifies the office we were looking for, and that office is the object of bulduk. This calls for the accusative, not the destination form postaneye.
Write the plural of postane (post office).
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postaneler
postaneler: the last vowel in postane is e, despite the earlier o and a. That is why the plural uses -ler; no number precedes the noun here.
Complete: One person is waiting at the village’s post office. Use postane.
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postanesinde
postanesinde: köyün requires the possessed form postanesi. The person waits at that office, so add n and the location ending -de.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete with “to the post office”: Tomorrow we will go ___.
Complete with “the post office”: We finally found ___ that we were looking for.
Write the plural of postane (post office).
Complete: One person is waiting at the village’s post office. Use postane.
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 an imaginary neighbourhood in three sentences: go to its post office, find that particular office, and say who is waiting there. Use postaneye, postaneyi and mahallenin postanesinde.