A seed can be planted in soil and grow in a pot.

The idea

Tohum means seed. The definite object is tohumu, the plural is tohumlar, and tohumun links the seed to its coat in tohumun kabuğu. Both vowels in the stem remain before these endings.

Examples

  • Tohumu ilkbaharda toprağa ektik.We planted the seed in the soil in spring.
  • Tohumlar saksıda yavaşça büyüyor.The seeds are growing slowly in the pot.
  • Kuşlar tohumları bahçede buldu.The birds found the seeds in the garden.
  • Bu tohum çok küçük.This seed is very small.
  • İki tohum nemli toprağa düştü.Two seeds fell onto the moist soil.
  • Tohumun kabuğu oldukça sert.The seed’s coat is quite hard.

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Watch out

Keep both vowels in tohumu and tohumun. Use singular tohum after a number, as in iki tohum.

Try it yourself

  1. We planted the seed in the soil. (specific object) ___ toprağa ektik.

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    tohumu

    tohumu: accusative -u marks the specific seed.

  2. The seeds are growing slowly in the pot. (plural) ___ saksıda yavaşça büyüyor.

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    tohumlar

    tohumlar: plural -lar follows the whole noun.

  3. The seed’s coat is quite hard. (of the seed) ___ kabuğu oldukça sert.

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    tohumun

    tohumun: genitive -un links the seed to its coat.

Use it today

Describe a seed and where you would plant it.