Mutfak: kitchen cases and possessives
A kitchen changes from mutfakta to mutfağımızda when it becomes ours. Practise the cases, plural and possessives, keeping k or softening it where needed.
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Banyo: bathroom cases and possession
A bathroom door, a clean towel, two bathrooms: practise banyo in its case and possessive forms, and distinguish banyoyu from banyosu and banyosunda.
Read and practiseDuvar: wall, cases and possession
A freshly painted wall gives duvarı a clear context. Practise duvar in cases, plural and possessive forms, and distinguish duvarda from duvarında.
Read and practiseÇatı: roof, cases and possession
From çatıya to evin çatısına: describe roofs, follow the noun through its cases and possessive forms, and distinguish a roof from a room’s ceiling.
Read and practiseanahtar: key, cases and possession
A house key carries two endings in ev anahtarını. Explore the cases and possessives of anahtar, keep its stem intact, and distinguish “the key” from “their keys”.
Read and practiseTicket in Turkish: cases and possession
A ticket left at home or a date printed on it: practise ticket forms, keep the final consonant, and distinguish a specific ticket from someone’s ticket.
Read and practiseHarita: map forms and city maps
Unfold a map: practise harita in cases, plural and possessive forms, then see why “on the city map” is şehir haritasında, with an extra n.
Read and practisePhotograph in Turkish: cases and possession
A photo album makes the endings concrete: practise photograph forms, keep the final consonant, and distinguish a photo from someone’s photo.
Read and practiseNewspaper in Turkish: gazete and its forms
A newspaper on the balcony or a report in its pages: practise Turkish cases, plurals and possession, and distinguish gazeteyi from gazetesini.
Read and practiseDergi: magazine cases and possession
A magazine on your table becomes dergiyi when you read it and dergim when it is yours. Practise cases, plurals and the extra n in dergisinde.
Read and practiseMektup: letter, cases and possession
A letter in a drawer becomes mektubum when it is mine. Practise mektup in every case, build the plural, and distinguish mektubu from onun mektubunu.
Read and practisesınav: exam forms and verb partners
Taking an exam and passing it need different endings: practise sınav in cases, plurals and possessives, from sınava to sınavlarımızda.
Read and practiseders: lesson, class and possessive forms
A class on your timetable becomes derse, derste or dersten in a sentence. Build the forms of ders and distinguish studying from studying a particular lesson.
Read and practisesözlük: dictionary forms and looking up words
A dictionary search brings two forms together: sözlüğe bakmak and sözlükte aramak. Practise cases, plurals and possession without losing the k–ğ contrast.
Read and practiseSoru: a question, your question, our questions
Soruyu or soruya? Answering a question takes different endings with different verbs. Practise soru in cases, plurals and possessive forms.
Read and practiseCevap: answer, reply and noun forms
An answer changes shape in cevabı, cevapta and cevaplarımız. Practise the cases and possessives of cevap, and see why answering a question uses soruya cevap vermek.
Read and practisekelime: word, case forms and possession
A word on the board becomes kelimeyi when you read it, but kelimesini when it belongs to someone. Practise cases, plurals and possessives with kelime.
Read and practiseSentence: Turkish cases, plural and possessives
Editing a sentence gives each ending a job: practise the Turkish noun for sentence in case, plural and possessive forms, including a friend’s sentence as an object.
Read and practisehata: a mistake, its owner and its correction
A crossed-out word can reveal a mistake: practise the cases and possessives of hata, then distinguish hatayı from hatasını when correcting someone’s work.
Read and practisefikir: idea, opinion and the missing vowel
One idea becomes fikrim, several become fikirlerim. Follow fikir through cases and possession, and use the right form when you agree with someone’s idea.
Read and practisekonu: a topic and its forms
A discussion needs a topic: follow konu through cases, plurals and possessives, and distinguish choosing a topic from naming the subject of a text.
Read and practiseSorun: problem, cases and possession
Whose problem are we solving? Follow sorun through its case and possessive forms, distinguish sorunu from sorununu, and keep the n in sorunum.
Read and practiseTatil: holiday, holidays and whose holiday
Packing can wait: distinguish tatile, tatilde and tatilden, then build the plural and possessive forms of tatil to describe a holiday from departure to return.
Read and practisesağlık: health, possession and case endings
Health as a topic or someone’s health: use sağlık, sağlığa and sağlığını, distinguish possession from case, and recognise the limited role of the plural.
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