Use roman (novel) to discuss a text, its ending and its author. The forms here let you say which novel you mean, whose it is and what happens in it.
The idea
The stem roman stays intact: romanı, romana, romanda, romandan, romanın. Its last vowel is a, so use back-vowel endings: romanlar, romanım. Context identifies the job of romanı: in Bu romanı bitirdim it marks the object; in Onun romanı kısa it marks possession. To make his or her novel the object, use onun romanını.
| Use | Form |
|---|---|
| Base: novel | roman |
| Accusative: the novel as object | romanı |
| Dative: to the novel | romana |
| Locative: in the novel | romanda |
| Ablative: from the novel | romandan |
| Genitive: of the novel | romanın |
| Plural: novels | romanlar |
| My novel | romanım |
| Your novel (singular) | romanın |
| His/her novel | romanı |
| Our novel | romanımız |
| Your novel (plural/polite) | romanınız |
| Their novel(s) | onların romanları |
| His/her novel as object | onun romanını |
| To his/her novel | onun romanına |
| From our novels | romanlarımızdan |
Examples
- Bu romanı dün bitirdim.I finished this novel yesterday.
- Bu romanda zaman yavaş ilerliyor.Time moves slowly in this novel.
- Yazar romanına yeni bir bölüm ekledi.The author added a new chapter to their novel.
- Romanın sonu bütün yorumları değiştirdi.The novel’s ending changed all the interpretations.
- Onun ilk romanını henüz okumadım.I haven’t read his/her first novel yet.
- Bu romanlar aynı olayı farklı açılardan anlatıyor.These novels tell the same event from different perspectives.
- romanlarımızdanfrom our novelsromanlar-ler / -lar: the plural suffixımız-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourdan-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out of
- Onun romanı iki kız kardeşi anlatıyor.His/her novel is about two sisters.
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Watch out
Do not stop at romanı in Yazarın romanını okudum. The author’s novel needs both possession and the object ending, with n between them: roman-ı-n-ı. Also distinguish romanın sonu (the novel’s ending) from senin romanın (your novel): the same written form has different jobs.
Try it yourself
Complete with roman: I am reading this novel for the second time. Write the missing word.
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romanı
romanı: bu identifies the particular novel being read again. It is the direct object of okuyorum, so the bare noun would leave out the required accusative.
Complete with roman: I finished the author’s new novel yesterday. Write the missing word.
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romanını
romanını: yazarın identifies the possessor, and bitirdim takes the novel as its object. Keep the possessive -ı, then add -n-ı; the final ı is not dotted i.
Complete with the genitive of roman: The novel’s ending surprised me. Write the missing word.
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romanın
romanın: the gap names what the ending belongs to. The genitive -ın on the novel pairs with the possessive ending of sonu; nobody is being addressed as “you”.
Build one word from roman meaning “from our novels”.
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romanlarımızdan
romanlarımızdan: there are several novels, they belong to us, and the meaning is “from”. Those three pieces give roman-lar-ımız-dan, in that order.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete with roman: I am reading this novel for the second time. Write the missing word.
Complete with roman: I finished the author’s new novel yesterday. Write the missing word.
Complete with the genitive of roman: The novel’s ending surprised me. Write the missing word.
Build one word from roman meaning “from our novels”.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: from our novels
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Write two sentences about an imaginary author: one describing their novel and one saying you read it. Then describe the ending, using romanın sonu.