You will name the main parts of the body, say which one is yours, and report what hurts.
The idea
Body parts are normally named with a possessive ending, because they belong to someone: göz is an eye, but gözüm is my eye. To say something hurts, name the part with the ending for “my” and add ağrıyor: Başım ağrıyor, “my head hurts”, with no separate word for “I have”. Before an ending that starts with a vowel, some words change: kulak becomes kulağım and kalp becomes kalbim.
| Word | My form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| burun | burnum | nose |
| ağız | ağzım | mouth |
| karın | karnım | belly |
| omuz | omzum | shoulder |
| boyun | boynum | neck |
| boğaz | boğazım | throat |
| kulak | kulağım | ear |
| ayak | ayağım | foot |
| parmak | parmağım | finger |
| kalp | kalbim | heart |
| baş | başım | head |
| göz | gözüm | eye |
| el | elim | hand |
| diş | dişim | tooth |
Examples
- Bugün dişim çok ağrıyor.My tooth hurts a lot today.The person who hurts is shown by the ending on the body part (dişim), so no word for I is needed. Ağrıyor is the verb for hurting.
- Burnum ve kulaklarım soğuk.My nose and my ears are cold.Burun loses its vowel (burnum). Kulak keeps its k in kulaklarım because the plural ending sits between the stem and the vowel.
- Ayağım ve bacağım ağrıyor.My foot and my leg hurt.
- Karnım aç.I am hungry.Word for word: my belly is hungry. Karın loses its ı before the ending: karnım.
- Boğazım ağrıyor.My throat hurts.Boğaz keeps its vowel before the ending: boğazım, not boğzum.
- Omzum ağrıyor.My shoulder hurts.
- gözlerimmy eyesgözler-ler / -lar: the plural suffixim-im / -ım / -um / -üm / -m: my
- parmaklarımmy fingersparmaklar-ler / -lar: the plural suffixım-im / -ım / -um / -üm / -m: my
- kulağımmy earkulağım-im / -ım / -um / -üm / -m: myBefore an ending that starts with a vowel, the final k of kulak softens to ğ: kulağım.
- ağzımmy mouthağzım-im / -ım / -um / -üm / -m: myAğız loses its second vowel before the ending: ağzım, not ağızım.
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Watch out
A handful of common words lose their last vowel before a vowel ending: ağız gives ağzım, not ağızım, burun gives burnum, and karın gives karnım. Do not copy this to every word, though: boğaz keeps its vowel (boğazım).
Try it yourself
Complete: my head hurts. Use baş (head).
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başım
başım: the person who hurts is shown by the ending on the body part, here baş plus -ım after the back vowel a; the verb ağrıyor needs no “I”.
Add “my” to ağız (mouth): my mouth.
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ağzım
ağzım: ağız drops its second vowel as soon as an ending that starts with a vowel arrives, so it is ağz- plus -ım, not ağızım.
Add “my” to kulak (ear): my ear.
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kulağım
kulağım: the final k of kulak softens to ğ before a vowel, and -ım follows the back vowel a.
Add “my” to boğaz (throat): my throat.
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boğazım
boğazım: unlike ağız, boğaz keeps its vowel; only a small group of words drops it, and you learn those as exceptions.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete: my head hurts. Use baş (head).
Add “my” to ağız (mouth): my mouth.
Add “my” to kulak (ear): my ear.
Add “my” to boğaz (throat): my throat.
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: my eyes
Tap the parts in order to build this word: my fingers
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Write four sentences about your body today: two that say something hurts and two that describe a part, such as cold hands. Check each ending against the table.