You will learn the forms of the word su (water) and say my water, the colour of the water, in the water and from the water.
The idea
su ends in a vowel, so an ending that starts with a vowel needs a y before it: suya, suyu, suyum. An ending that starts with a consonant attaches directly: sular, suda, sudan. Two forms break the pattern of other vowel-final nouns: the genitive is suyun (where araba gives arabanın) and the third-person possessive is suyu (where araba gives arabası).
| Ending | With su | Example |
|---|---|---|
| -lar | sular | Sular çok soğuk. |
| -da | suda | Balık suda yaşar. |
| -dan | sudan | Buz sudan yapılır. |
| -ya | suya | Çocuk suya atlıyor. |
| -yu | suyu | Ben suyu içiyorum. |
| -yun | suyun | Suyun rengi mavi. |
| -yum | suyum | Suyum bitti. |
| -yla | suyla | Elimi suyla yıkıyorum. |
Examples
- Babam bir bardak su içiyor.My father is drinking a glass of water.
- Ben suyu içiyorum.I am drinking the water.Suyu is the accusative. Because su ends in a vowel, a y comes between the stem and the ending: su + y + u, never suu.
- Ben sudan korkuyorum.I am afraid of water.
- Ali'nin suyu çok soğuk.Ali's water is very cold.Here suyu means Ali's water: the possessive ending of su is -yu. A word like araba takes -sı (arabası), but susu does not exist.
- Suyun rengi mavi.The colour of the water is blue.The genitive of su is suyun. Other vowel-final nouns take -nın, as in arabanın, but sunun does not exist.
- Balıklar suda yaşar.Fish live in water.
- suyummy watersuyBuffer -y-: the y that joins vowelsum-im / -ım / -um / -üm / -m: my
- suyato the watersuyBuffer -y-: the y that joins vowelsa-e / -a / -ye / -ya: to, towards
- sulardain the waterssular-ler / -lar: the plural suffixda-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
- suyumuzour watersuyBuffer -y-: the y that joins vowelsumuz-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: our
- suylawith watersuyla-le / -la: with, by means of
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Watch out
Do not build these forms by the general rule: sunun and susu do not exist. Also, suyu does more than one job: it is the accusative (Suyu içiyorum, I drink the water) and the possessive (Ali'nin suyu, Ali's water). In the same way suyun means both 'of the water' and 'your water'. The sentence decides.
Try it yourself
Make su (water) mean 'my water': my water has run out.
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suyum
suyum: su ends in a vowel and -um starts with one, so a y goes between them: su + y + um.
Give su (water) the ending for 'his': Ali's water is cold.
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suyu
suyu: after Ali'nin the word needs the third-person possessive. For su it is -yu; susu does not exist.
Give su (water) the genitive: the colour of the water is blue.
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suyun
suyun: the genitive of su takes -yun. Unlike arabanın, no linking n appears.
Add the ablative to su (water): the fish came out of the water.
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sudan
sudan: -dan starts with a consonant, so there is no y. The d follows the vowel u, and the back vowel gives -dan.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Make su (water) mean 'my water': my water has run out.
Give su (water) the ending for 'his': Ali's water is cold.
Give su (water) the genitive: the colour of the water is blue.
Add the ablative to su (water): the fish came out of the water.
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: my water
Tap the parts in order to build this word: to the water
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Write three sentences about water: one with the accusative, one with a possessive and one with -dan. Mark every y and check that the ending starts with a vowel.