Use restoran to describe a place to eat, recommend a particular restaurant and talk about the restaurant someone owns. You will choose forms from context rather than translate an English preposition on its own.
The idea
The stem restoran keeps its final n: restorana, restorandan, restoranım. Its last vowel is a, giving forms such as restoranlar and restoranımız. In Bu restoranı öneriyoruz, restoranı marks the specific object we recommend; in onun restoranı, the same written form means his or her restaurant. The surrounding words identify the job of the ending.
| Form | Meaning or role |
|---|---|
| restoran | restaurant; bare form |
| restoranlar | restaurants; plural |
| restoranı | the restaurant; definite object |
| restorana | to the restaurant |
| restoranda | at the restaurant |
| restorandan | from the restaurant |
| restoranın | of the restaurant; genitive |
| benim restoranım | my restaurant |
| senin restoranın | your restaurant; one addressee |
| onun restoranı | his or her restaurant |
| bizim restoranımız | our restaurant |
| sizin restoranınız | your restaurant; plural or polite |
| onların restoranları | their restaurants |
| onun restoranında | at his or her restaurant |
Examples
- Bu restoranda öğle yemeği yiyoruz.We are eating lunch at this restaurant.
- Akşam yeni restorana gidiyoruz.We are going to the new restaurant in the evening.
- Bu restoranı arkadaşlarımıza öneriyoruz.We recommend this restaurant to our friends.
- Restoranın bahçesinde üç masa var.There are three tables in the restaurant’s garden.
- Sokaktaki restoranlar bugün kapalı.The restaurants on the street are closed today.
- Bizim restoranımız küçük ama sakin.Our restaurant is small but quiet.
- Onun restoranında balık çorbası var.There is fish soup at his or her restaurant.
- Çocuklar restorandan birlikte çıkıyor.The children are leaving the restaurant together.
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Watch out
To say “at his or her restaurant”, use onun restoranında: the possessive -ı is followed by a linking n before -da. Plain restoranda only says “at the restaurant”. Compare bizim restoranımızda, where no extra n is added after restoranımız.
Try it yourself
Complete with restoran: We are going to the restaurant this evening. Write only the missing word.
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restorana
restorana: gidiyoruz describes movement towards the restaurant, so the destination takes -a. The final n already belongs to the stem.
Complete with restoran: We recommend this restaurant. Write only the missing word.
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restoranı
restoranı: bu identifies the particular restaurant being recommended. Here -ı marks that definite object; it does not mean “his” or “her”.
Complete with restoran: Our restaurant is small. Write only the missing word.
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restoranımız
restoranımız: bizim identifies the owners as “we”. The ending -ımız marks one restaurant belonging to us, not several restaurants.
Complete with restoran: A cook works at his or her restaurant. Write only the missing word.
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restoranında
restoranında: onun establishes possession and çalışıyor locates the work there. Start with restoranı, then add n and -da to keep both meanings.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete with restoran: We are going to the restaurant this evening. Write only the missing word.
Complete with restoran: We recommend this restaurant. Write only the missing word.
Complete with restoran: Our restaurant is small. Write only the missing word.
Complete with restoran: A cook works at his or her restaurant. Write only the missing word.
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 restaurant in four sentences: say where you eat, which restaurant you recommend, whose restaurant it is and where someone works. Include restoranı once as an object and once after onun.