English often puts small words before a noun: “in my bag”, “from our houses”. Turkish can attach those meanings after the noun. Read for meaning units, not matching spaces.
The idea
In evlerimizden, start with ev (house), then read -ler (plural), -imiz (our) and -den (from): “from our houses”. English puts “from our” first; Turkish adds these meanings after the noun. The whole word is a phrase, not a complete statement. By contrast, evdeyim means “I am at home”: ev + -de + -yim, with the last part marking the speaker. The related suffix pages explain the forms; the harmony page explains their vowels.
| Turkish | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evlerimizden | from our houses |
| evdeyim | I am at home |
| çantamda | in my bag |
| kitaplarımız | our books |
Examples
- Anahtarlar hâlâ çantamda.The keys are still in my bag.
- Ben bugün evdeyim.I am at home today.
- Kitaplarımız bugün masada.Our books are on the table today.
- evlerimizdenfrom our housesevler-ler / -lar: the plural suffiximiz-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: ourden-den / -dan / -ten / -tan: from, out of
- evdeyimI am at homeevde-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, onyim-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we are
- çantamdain my bagçantam-im / -ım / -um / -üm / -m: myda-de / -da / -te / -ta: in, at, on
- kitaplarımızour bookskitaplar-ler / -lar: the plural suffixımız-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: our
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Watch out
Do not turn every English space into a Turkish space, or every English “I” into ben. Write çantamda as one word. Evdeyim already identifies the speaker; ben evdeyim is also correct, often with extra emphasis on who is at home.
Try it yourself
Write “in my bag” as one word, starting from çanta.
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çantamda
çantamda: -m makes the bag mine, and -da locates something inside it. Leaving out -m would lose “my”.
Write “from our houses” as one word, starting from ev.
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evlerimizden
evlerimizden: several houses belong to us, so both -ler and -imiz are needed before the ending that expresses “from”.
Write “I am at home” as one word, without a separate pronoun.
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evdeyim
evdeyim: the final -yim supplies “I am”; evde alone only gives the location. The y connects the ending after a vowel.
Write “our books” as one word, starting from kitap.
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kitaplarımız
kitaplarımız: -lar counts multiple books and -ımız identifies their owners. The p stays because the next sound is l, not a vowel.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Write “in my bag” as one word, starting from çanta.
Write “from our houses” as one word, starting from ev.
Write “I am at home” as one word, without a separate pronoun.
Write “our books” as one word, starting from kitap.
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: from our houses
Tap the parts in order to build this word: I am at home
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Mark the meaning units in “from our houses” and “I am at home”. Match them to the Turkish endings, then practise the linked suffix pages.