Suç means “crime”, but it also means “fault” in everyday blame. Use the invented story situations here to practise the noun; no example defines an offence or describes a legal procedure.
The idea
The stem keeps ç even before a vowel: suçu, suça, suçum. The plural is suçlar; location and separation give suçta and suçtan. Read the whole phrase: bu suçu marks a specific object, while onun suçu marks possession. Likewise, suçun nedenleri means “the reasons for the crime”, but senin suçun means “your fault/crime”. The possessive endings identify whose act or fault is meant.
| Use | Form |
|---|---|
| Base | suç |
| Accusative | suçu |
| Dative | suça |
| Locative | suçta |
| Ablative | suçtan |
| Genitive | suçun |
| Plural | suçlar |
| My crime / fault | benim suçum |
| Your crime / fault (singular) | senin suçun |
| His / her crime / fault | onun suçu |
| Our crime / fault | bizim suçumuz |
| Your crime / fault (plural or polite) | sizin suçunuz |
| Their crime(s) / fault | onların suçları |
| His / her crime: accusative | onun suçunu |
| Our crimes / faults | bizim suçlarımız |
Examples
- Bu suç romanda anlatılıyor.This crime is described in the novel.
- Yazar suçun nedenlerini araştırıyor.The author is investigating the reasons for the crime.
- Bu gecikme senin suçun değil.This delay is not your fault.
- Romandaki karakter sonunda suçunu itiraf ediyor.The character in the novel finally confesses to the crime they committed.
- Dedektif bu suçları birbirine bağlıyor.The detective is linking these crimes to one another.
- Hikâyede genç bir adam suça sürükleniyor.In the story, a young man is drawn into crime.
- Aynı suçtan söz etmiyoruz.We are not talking about the same crime.
- Bu suçta onun payı yok.They had no part in this crime.
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Watch out
Do not change ç to c. When “his/her crime” is the object, possession and case are both needed: suç-u-n-u gives suçunu. Also, a delay described as senin suçun is your fault; the wording alone does not turn it into a crime.
Try it yourself
Complete with the plural of suç: these crimes are described in the novel.
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suçlar
suçlar: the sentence refers to several crimes, so the noun takes the plural. The last vowel u selects -lar, not -ler.
Complete with the accusative of suç: the detective is investigating this crime.
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suçu
suçu: bu identifies the crime being investigated, so this direct object takes -u. Nothing here marks a possessor.
Write “my fault” using suç: this delay is not my fault.
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suçum
suçum: benim identifies the speaker as the person being blamed. The noun therefore takes first-person possessive -um; the delay supplies the everyday sense “fault”.
Put suçu (his or her crime) in the accusative; write only the noun form.
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suçunu
suçunu: the character confesses to their own crime. Keep possessive -u, then add linking n and accusative -u: suç-u-n-u.
Practice round
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Complete with the plural of suç: these crimes are described in the novel.
Complete with the accusative of suç: the detective is investigating this crime.
Write “my fault” using suç: this delay is not my fault.
Put suçu (his or her crime) in the accusative; write only the noun form.
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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Write three sentences about an invented detective story: name several crimes, say whose crime is mentioned, and use that possessed noun as an object. Explain what each ending contributes.