You will attach the locative to a noun to say where something or someone is, and choose the right one of four shapes.
The idea
The locative says where something is: evde, okulda, Ankara'da. The vowel follows the last vowel of the word (e after e i ö ü, a after a ı o u). The first consonant is d after a voiced sound and t after a voiceless one, one of ç f h k p s ş t: kitapta, ağaçta.
| Last vowel | After a voiced sound | Example | After a voiceless sound | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | -da | masada | -ta | kitapta |
| ı | -da | kapıda | -ta | sınıfta |
| o | -da | yolda | -ta | tostta |
| u | -da | okulda | -ta | koltukta |
| e | -de | evde | -te | sepette |
| i | -de | kedide | -te | işte |
| ö | -de | gözde | -te | çöpte |
| ü | -de | günde | -te | düşte |
Examples
- Ben Ankara'da yaşıyorum.I live in Ankara.The apostrophe separates a proper name from its suffix. The pronoun ben may be dropped: Ankara'da yaşıyorum.
- Annem şimdi mutfakta.My mother is in the kitchen now.
- Çocuklar bahçede oynuyor.The children are playing in the garden.
- evlerdein the housesevler-ler / -lar: the plural suffixde-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
- kitaplardain the bookskitaplar-ler / -lar: the plural suffixda-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
- arabalarımızdain our carsarabalar-ler / -lar: the plural suffixımız-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourda-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
- çantamdain my bagçantam-im / -ım / -um / -üm / -m: myda-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
- İzmir'dein İzmirİzmir'de-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
- ağaçtaon the treeThe consonant ç is voiceless, so the ending starts with t and the ç stays: ağaçta.
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Watch out
The locative says where you are, not where you are going: Ankara'da gidiyorum is wrong, and movement towards a place uses -e/-a, as in Ankara'ya gidiyorum. Only proper names take an apostrophe: evde, but İzmir'de.
Try it yourself
Add the locative to okul (school): at school.
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okulda
okulda: the last vowel is u, a back vowel, and l is voiced, so the ending is -da.
Add the locative to kitap (book): in the book.
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kitapta
kitapta: p is voiceless, so the ending starts with t, and the back vowel a gives -ta.
Add the locative to the city name Ankara: in Ankara.
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Ankara'da
Ankara'da: the apostrophe follows the proper name, and the vowel a gives -da.
Add the locative to ağaç (tree): on the tree.
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ağaçta
ağaçta: ç is voiceless, so the ending is -ta, and the ç itself stays as it is.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Add the locative to okul (school): at school.
Add the locative to kitap (book): in the book.
Add the locative to the city name Ankara: in Ankara.
Add the locative to ağaç (tree): on the tree.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: in the houses
Tap the parts in order to build this word: in the books
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Write three sentences saying where people in your family are right now. Underline each locative and check its vowel and its first consonant.