priz: electrical socket and direction

The idea

Priz means an electrical socket, not the plug itself. Use prize with movement toward the socket and prizden for movement away. The phrase prize takmak means to plug something into a socket.

Examples

• Priz masanın arkasında duvarda duruyor.The socket is on the wall behind the table.
• Şarj cihazını akşam prize taktım.I plugged the charger into the socket in the evening.
• Fişi sabah prizden dikkatle çıkardık.In the morning we carefully unplugged the plug from the socket.
• Bu priz pencereye yakın.This socket is near the window.
• Prizim masanın altında.My socket is under the table.
• Odada iki priz var.There are two sockets in the room.

Watch out

Do not swap prize and prizden: one gives a destination and the other a source. A plug is called fiş.

Try it yourself

1. Use the dative: I plugged the charger into the socket in the evening. Şarj cihazını akşam ___ taktım.

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   prize

   prize: the dative -e gives the destination of the charger.

2. Use the ablative: In the morning we unplugged the plug from the socket. Fişi sabah ___ çıkardık.

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   prizden

   prizden: the ablative -den identifies where the plug comes from.

3. After a number: There are two sockets in the room. Odada iki ___ var.

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   priz

   priz: after iki, the noun normally stays singular.

Use it today

Describe a socket in a room and say what is plugged into it.