Use sonuç for a result, outcome or consequence. This lesson follows a result from a comparison to a report, showing how its role in the sentence changes the ending.
The idea
The stem alternates between sonuç and sonuc-: sonucu, sonuca, sonucun, but sonuçta, sonuçtan and sonuçlar. In sonuca ulaşmak, the dative marks the result reached. Possession adds another layer: karşılaştırmanın sonucu names the result of the comparison; as a definite object it becomes karşılaştırmanın sonucunu. The final -u in that object form follows the linking n. With a plural first, the stem stays unchanged: sonuçlarımız.
| Function / meaning | Form |
|---|---|
| Base: result | sonuç |
| Accusative: the result as object | sonucu |
| Dative: to a result | sonuca |
| Locative: in the result | sonuçta |
| Ablative: from the result | sonuçtan |
| Genitive: of the result | sonucun |
| Plural: results | sonuçlar |
| My result | sonucum |
| Your result (singular) | sonucun |
| His/her/its result | sonucu |
| Our result | sonucumuz |
| Your result (plural / polite) | sonucunuz |
| Their result(s) | onların sonuçları |
| Our results | sonuçlarımız |
| Its result as object | onun sonucunu |
| In its result | onun sonucunda |
| From our results | sonuçlarımızdan |
| The results as object | sonuçları |
Examples
- Bu sonuç hepimizi şaşırttı.This result surprised us all.
- Ekip sonucu bugün açıklayacak.The team will announce the result today.
- Araştırmacılar aynı sonuca farklı yollarla ulaştı.The researchers reached the same conclusion by different routes.
- Bu sonuçtan kesin bir yargı çıkaramayız.We cannot make a firm judgement based on this result.
- Karşılaştırmanın sonucunu raporun başına yazdık.We wrote the result of the comparison at the beginning of the report.
- Sonuçlarımız önceki ölçümlerle uyumlu.Our results are consistent with the earlier measurements.
- Bu çalışmada üç farklı sonuç elde ettik.We obtained three different results in this study.
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Watch out
Do not treat every sonucu as a finished object form. In Sonucu açıkladık, it means “we announced the result”; in karşılaştırmanın sonucu, it marks the relationship to the comparison. To announce that result, say Karşılaştırmanın sonucunu açıkladık. Also distinguish sonuçtan from sonucundan: the latter can mean “from its result”.
Try it yourself
Complete with “the result” as a definite object: we will announce it tomorrow.
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sonucu
sonucu: we will announce a particular result, so the noun is a definite object. The vowel of -u also triggers the change from ç to c.
Complete with “result”: we cannot make a firm judgement based on this result.
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sonuçtan
sonuçtan: the result is the basis from which a judgement might be drawn. There is no possessor here; ç stays before the consonant of -tan.
Complete with “result”: we wrote the result of the comparison in the report.
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sonucunu
sonucunu: karşılaştırmanın already requires a possessive ending on the result. Writing that result in the report adds the accusative after linking n: sonuc-u-n-u.
Complete with “our results”, plural: they are consistent with the earlier measurements.
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sonuçlarımız
sonuçlarımız: bizim identifies us as the possessors, and the prompt asks for several results. Plural -lar comes before -ımız; its vowel explains why this is not sonuçlarumuz.
Practice round
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Complete with “the result” as a definite object: we will announce it tomorrow.
Complete with “result”: we cannot make a firm judgement based on this result.
Complete with “result”: we wrote the result of the comparison in the report.
Complete with “our results”, plural: they are consistent with the earlier measurements.
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 comparison in three sentences: state the result, say what conclusion you reached, and report the comparison’s result as an object. Use sonuç, sonuca and karşılaştırmanın sonucunu.