yatak: bed and softened forms

The idea

Yatak can mean a bed or mattress. The last k becomes ğ before a vowel: yatağım is my bed and yatağı can mark a specific object. Before the locative consonant it stays k: yatakta. Yatağı toplamak means to make the bed.

Examples

• Yatağımı her sabah topluyorum.I make my bed every morning.
• Çocuk yatakta sessizce kitap okuyor.The child is reading quietly in bed.
• Yeni yatağı dün odaya taşıdık.Yesterday we carried the new bed into the room.
• Bu yatak pencerenin karşısında.This bed is opposite the window.
• Yatağın altında küçük bir kutu var.There is a small box under the bed.
• Misafir için iki yatak hazırladık.We prepared two beds for the guest.

Watch out

Do not soften k before the locative: use yatakta. The form yatağı can also mean someone’s bed; the sentence determines the role.

Try it yourself

1. Use my bed as a definite object: I make it every morning. Ben her sabah ___ topluyorum.

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   yatağımı

   yatağımı: the bed belongs to me and is a specific object; k softens before the possessive vowel.

2. Use the locative: The child reads in bed. Çocuk ___ kitap okuyor.

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   yatakta

   yatakta: the voiceless k selects the locative -ta.

3. After a number: We prepared two beds for the guest. Misafir için iki ___ hazırladık.

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   yatak

   yatak: a noun following iki normally stays singular.

Use it today

Describe your own or an imagined bed, where it is and what is underneath it.