Ask for butter, spread it on bread and describe what you add to it or find in it.
The idea
Tereyağı means butter. Its compound ending takes n before case endings: object tereyağını, dative tereyağına, location tereyağında. Learn these together rather than treating the final ı like the ending of makarna.
Examples
- Tereyağını ince bir dilim ekmeğe sürüyorum.I am spreading the butter on a thin slice of bread.
- Tereyağına biraz maydanoz ekliyorum.I am adding a little parsley to the butter.
- Bu tereyağında biraz tuz var.This butter contains a little salt.
- Bir paket tereyağı alalım.Let’s buy a packet of butter.
- Tereyağı tavada yavaşça eriyor.The butter is slowly melting in the pan.
- Tuzsuz tereyağı var mı?Do you have unsalted butter?
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Watch out
The n appears even before location -da: tereyağında. Yağ alone is broader and can mean oil or fat; use tereyağı when you specifically mean butter.
Try it yourself
Use the specified object form. tereyağı ___ ince bir dilim ekmeğe sürüyorum.
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tereyağını
tereyağını: the compound ending takes n before object -ı.
Use the dative form. tereyağı ___ biraz maydanoz ekliyorum.
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tereyağına
tereyağına: n links the compound ending to dative -a.
Use the location form. tereyağı Bu ___ biraz tuz var.
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tereyağında
tereyağında: keep linking n before location -da as well.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Use the specified object form. tereyağı ___ ince bir dilim ekmeğe sürüyorum.
Use the dative form. tereyağı ___ biraz maydanoz ekliyorum.
Use the location form. tereyağı Bu ___ biraz tuz var.
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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Ask for unsalted butter, then write one sentence about what you add to butter.