You will put "your" onto a noun as a suffix and choose between -in, -ın, -un, -ün and plain -n.
The idea
Turkish says "your" (one person you call sen) with a suffix on the noun: evin, okulun, araban. After a consonant the ending has four shapes that copy the last vowel: -in after e i, -ın after a ı, -un after o u, -ün after ö ü. After a vowel it shrinks to -n: anne becomes annen.
| Last vowel | After a consonant | Example | After a vowel | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | -ın | adamın | -n | araban |
| ı | -ın | sınıfın | -n | kapın |
| o | -un | yolun | -n | radyon |
| u | -un | okulun | -n | kutun |
| e | -in | evin | -n | annen |
| i | -in | dişin | -n | kedin |
| ö | -ün | gözün | — | — |
| ü | -ün | günün | -n | ütün |
Examples
- Bu senin araban mı?Is this your car?Senin only adds emphasis; araban alone already means your car. The noun araba ends in a vowel, so it takes just -n.
- Annen şimdi nerede?Where is your mother now?
- Telefonun çantanda mı?Is your phone in your bag?
- evlerinyour housesevler-ler / -lar: the plural suffixin-in / -ın / -un / -ün: your (evin, araban)
- arabandain your cararaban-in / -ın / -un / -ün: your (evin, araban)da-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
- annendenfrom your motherannen-in / -ın / -un / -ün: your (evin, araban)den-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out of
- gözünyour eyeThe last vowel ö is front and rounded, so the ending is -ün: gözün.
- kitabınyour bookThe final p becomes b before an ending that starts with a vowel: kitap → kitabın.
- Dişin ağrıyor mu?Does your tooth hurt?
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Watch out
Do not stack a vowel onto a vowel: araba + -n is araban, never arabaın. A final p, ç, t or k in many nouns also softens before the vowel ending: kitap becomes kitabın and ağaç becomes ağacın, not kitapın.
Try it yourself
Add “your” to ev (house): your house.
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evin
evin: ev ends in the consonant v, so the full ending is used, and the last vowel e is a front unrounded vowel, which gives -in.
Add “your” to okul (school): your school.
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okulun
okulun: okul ends in a consonant, and its last vowel u is back and rounded, so the ending copies it as -un.
Add “your” to araba (car): your car.
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araban
araban: araba already ends in the vowel a, so only the consonant -n is added and no vowel is needed.
Add “your” to kitap (book): your book.
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kitabın
kitabın: the final p turns into b before a vowel ending, and the back unrounded a gives -ın.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Add “your” to ev (house): your house.
Add “your” to okul (school): your school.
Add “your” to araba (car): your car.
Add “your” to kitap (book): your book.
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: your houses
Tap the parts in order to build this word: in your car
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Write four short questions to a friend about their bag, phone, car and mother. Mark each ending and say whether the noun ended in a vowel or a consonant.