There are no prepositions in Turkish, but there are five cases that replace them. Cases are formed by adding special endings (affixes) to nouns. Affixes of all cases drums. In this lesson, we will consider only 4 cases.

Local case and affix -de (Where?)

Indicates the location of the object and answers the question "Where?" — "Nerede?". Replaces such prepositions of the Russian language as "in", "inside", "on", "y" and others.

The local case is formed with the help of shock suffix -de, which changes according to the rule of vowel alternation like -e and can also take the form -da.

As always, focusing on the last vowel of the word, select the desired affix: -de or -da. Examples:

Please note that affixes added to proper names are always separated by an apostrophe: İzmir'de, İstanbul'da.

The local case is also used in the meaning "Who"(in the sense of "Where") - "Kimde": patronda (at the boss), şoförde (at the driver), Anna’da (at Anna). Often "bende" means "with me", "with me". For example, "Bende para yok" may mean that there is no money only with you, but in general there is.

Pronouns in the local case answer the question "Who?" and are simply the addition of the particle -de (-da), with the exception of the pronoun O, which is slightly modified:

Them.		Local
Who?		Who?
I	Ben	bende	I have
You	Sen	sende	At your place
He she it	O	Onda	He has, she has
We	biz	bizde	We have
You	Siz	size	You
They	Onlar	Onlarda	They have

Local nouns are often used with var and yok to say what is where and what is not. For example:

Bakkalda ekmek var. - There is bread in the store.
Evde su yok. - There is no water at home.
Bende yeni film var. - I have a new film.
Onda para yok. - He has no money.
Arabada benzin yok. - There is no gas in the car.

*Pay attention to word order: var and yok are placed at the end of the sentence.

To ask a question, you just need to add the appropriate question particle:

Bakkalda ekmek var mı? — Is there bread in the shop?
Evde su yok mu? – (Is) there no water at home?
Sende yeni film var mı? — Do you have a new film?
Onda para yok mu? - Doesn't he have money?
Arabada benzin yok mu? Is there no gas in the car?

Some more examples with verbs:

Directional case and affix -e (Where? To whom?)

This case is similar to the Russian dative case, answers questions "Where?" - "Nereye?" And "To whom?" — "Kime?"(less often “What?” - “Neye?”), and corresponds to nouns with the prepositions “in” and “on”. In Turkish, the directional case is formed by adding the stressed affix -e, which, as you might have guessed, changes according to the -e-type vowel alternation rule and can also take the form -a.

For example: eve - home, okula - to school, İzmir'e - to Izmir, İstanbul'a - to Istanbul. It is very easy to remember by analogy with the Russian form of mam e, dad e etc.

Pay attention to the apostrophe in proper names.

If the noun ends in a vowel, then the buffer letter -y- appears before the affix:

Arabaya - in the car, köşeye - in the corner, öğrenciye - to the student, Olga'ya - Olga.

Pronouns in the case of direction are formed according to the same rule. The exceptions are the pronouns ben and sen, and, as in the previous case, O.

Us

Them.		Direction
Who?		To whom?
I	Ben	Bana	To me
You	Sen	Sana	You
He she it	o	Ona	To him to her
We	biz	Bize
You	Siz	size	To you
They	Onlar	Onlara	Them

Some examples with verbs:

Rafa koy - put on the shelf
Şu kadına bak - look at that woman
Çiçeklere bak - look at the flowers (or “take care of the flowers”, because bakmak also means “care”, “take care”)
Masaya otur - sit at the table (note the difference from "masada otur" - sit at the table)
Bana çay koy, lütfen - pour me some tea, please

Original case and affix -den (From where)

Answers the questions "Where?" - "Nereden?", "From whom?" – “Kimden?” and is equivalent to a noun with the Russian prepositions "from", "from" and "with".

Formed by adding shock affix -den, which changes according to the rule of alternation of vowels like -e and can take the form -dan.

One friend told me that her youngest son, who is learning to speak two languages ​​at the same time, says, “Go away Dan». 🙂

Okuldan - from school
Bu tren İstanbul'dan mı? Is this a train from Istanbul?
Para bankadan al - take money from the bank

Pronouns in original case:

Them.		original
Who?		From whom?
I	Ben	Benden	From me
You	Sen	senden	From you
He she it	O	Ondan	From him, from her
We	biz	Bizden	From U.S
You	Siz	Sizden	From you
They	Onlar	Onlardan	From them

Benden sana - to you from me (or "from me to you")
Bizden size - for you from us

For pinning:

Accusative or attributive case and affix -i (Whom? What?)

This case carries in Turkish several various functions. In this lesson, we will consider only two of them.

The first, understandable to us, is the change of nouns so that they answer the question "Whom?" - "Kimi?" And "What?" - "Neyi?". To do this, the affix -i is added to nouns, changing according to the rule of vowel alternation (guess which one?), of course, like -i.

Soon I won't have to write the rule by which the affix changes, because this is clear from the appearance of the affix itself, more precisely, from the vowel contained in it.

Examples:

kızı öp - kiss a girl
kalemi Ivan'a ver - give a pen to Ivan
çiçekleri topla – pick flowers

If the noun ends in a vowel, then, as always, the buffer letter -y- appears before the affix:

Masayı temizle - wipe the table (lit. "clear the table")
Ütüyü getir - bring an iron
Ayşe'yi öp - Ayşe's kiss

Pronouns in the accusative case:

Them.		Vinit.
Who?		Whom? What?
I	Ben	beni	me
You	Sen	seni	you
he she it	O	onu	his her
We	biz	bizi	us
You	Siz	sizi	you
They	Onlar	onlarI	their

Examples with pronouns:

Beni dinle - listen to me
Bizi anlayın - understand us
Onu açma - do not open (do not turn on) him / her

Defining function of the affix -i

The presence or absence of the -i affix in a noun can also indicate whether a particular subject is being discussed, or about any of the representatives of its class. In order not to confuse you with complex definitions, I will give two examples:

Bana kalemi ver - give me a pen (specific, the one that lies on the table, or which was mentioned earlier)
Bana kalem ver - give me a pen (whatever you have at hand)

Masadan kitabı al - take a book from the table (“which we talked about”, “which you asked”)
Masadan kitap al - I will take (some) book from the table

For those who have studied English language, it will be easier to understand this function of the -i- affix by comparing it with the definite article "the". In turn, as the English indefinite article "a", in Turkish, "bir" can be used:

Bana bir kalem ver - give me a pen (any).
Bana bir kitap al - buy me a book (any)

Question: when to use the accusative case, and when can you leave the word in the nominative case?
Answer: the accusative (or attributive) case and the -i affix can be omitted if you are talking about an abstract subject or the noun in the sentence appears as a collective concept:

üzüm al - buy grapes
elma yıka - wash the apples
ekmek ver - give bread

Rules for alternating consonants when adding affixes

With Turkish cases, everything would be simple and pleasant, if not for a few additional rules. Consider those of them that relate to the topics covered in the lesson.

-d -> -t

When you add the -de or -den affixes to nouns, they can sometimes become -te or -ten. For example:

Macta - at the match
Dolaptan - from the cabinet
Sokakta - on the street
Rafta - on the shelf
Kitaptan - from the book

Question: what do the words maç, dolap, sokak and raf have in common, and why do they turn -de into -te and -den into -ten?
Answer: They all end in voiceless consonants, and to simplify pronunciation, voiced -d- is also changed to voiceless -t-.

-k -> -ğ

Another peculiarity of Turkish declension: pay attention to words ending in -k with a vowel in front of it. If you add an affix to them that starts with (or consists of) a vowel, the -k changes to -ğ:

Note that the letter k at the end of words such as bank (bench), park (park) and aşk (love) does not change to ğ when declined:

Banka oturun - sit on a bench
Parka gel - come to the park
Aşka inan - believe in love

Question: why?
Answer: because there is a consonant before k.

-p -> -b

If words end in -p, then when adding affixes that begin with (or consist of) a vowel, -p changes to -b:

This rule mainly applies to words with more than one syllable.

Note: As always, do not despair if you do not immediately succeed in choosing the right affix and changing the endings of words. You will still be understood!

Summary table of cases

For ease of use and systematization of the knowledge gained about the four cases studied in this lesson, here is a summary table of affixes and pronouns:

Them.		Local -de	Directions -e	Source -den	accusative -i
Kim? Ne?		Nerede? Kimde?	Kime? Neye? Nereye?	Nereden? Kimden?	Kimi? Neyi?
I	ben	bende	bana	benden	beni
You	sen	sende	sana	senden	seni
he she it	o	onda	ona	ondan	onu
We	biz	business	size	bizden	bizi
You	siz	size	size	size	sizi
They	onlar	onlarda	onlara	onlardan	onlarI

*The letter -n- that appears in the pronouns onda, ona, ondan and onu is also a buffer, and we will see it more than once. It also appears in the declension of "bu" and "şu": bunda, buna, bundan, bunu and şunda, şuna, şundan, şunu.

Verbs and "inadequate" cases (management)

Many verbs put the nouns attached to them into different cases. We will have to come to terms with the fact that in Turkish the cases of nouns with some verbs may not correspond to the cases of the Russian language. For example:

• Marketten ekmek al - buy bread in the market (literally "buy bread from the market")
• Köpekten korkma - do not be afraid of the dog ("do not be afraid of the dog")
• Beni ara - call me (literally “call me”, or rather, “find me”, because the original meaning of the verb aramak is to search)
• Aşka inan - "believe in love" is used by analogy with "bana inan" ("trust me") with the case of direction, and not with the accusative, as it seems to be by analogy with the Russian language.

In the future, for such "inadequate" verbs, I will indicate in brackets the case of the noun in which it should be used with it. For example: korkmak (-den).

Where are you? – Local case and present personal affixes

We have already learned how to use the locative case for the third person singular, that is, we can say where something is, for example, ekmek masada. To say where you are (and in Turkish it will sound like “I am at school”), we need to remember the present personal affixes:

To say that someone is not somewhere, you need to add değil with the appropriate personal affix:

Ben Sen O biz Siz Onlar

Evde değilim (I'm not at home) Evde değilsin (you are not at home) Evde değil (he/she is not at home) Evde değiliz (we are not at home) Evde değilsiniz (you are not at home) Evde değiller (they are not at home)

Similarly, with the question: are you at home? Evde misin?

	-de	-da
Ben Sen O biz Siz Onlar	Evde miyim? Evde misin? Evde mi? Evde miyiz? Evde misiniz? Evdeler mi?	Okulda mIyIm? Okulda mIsIn? Okulda mı? Okulda mIyIz? Okulda mIsInIz? Okuldalar mı?

Exercises

1. Find the correct form of the affix given in brackets by changing it according to the rules of vowel and consonant harmony and inserting buffer consonants. Fill in the blank spaces in the sentences.

• Bu tren Paris__________ mi? (-den)
• Ben____ para var. (-de)
• Cacık______ tuz var mı? (-de)
• Gunes_____ durmayın! (-de)
• Restaurant_____ erken gitme. (-e)
• Pansiyon_____ plaja git. (-den)
• Alanya_____ git. (-e)
• Masa____ koyma! (-e)
• Ben______ ver. (-e)
• Bu kart siz______ mi? (-den)

Durmak - to stand, to be
Gunes - the sun
Erken - early
Kart - postcard, map
Pansion - boarding house
Tuz - salt

2. This is Murat and Ayse at home. Looking at the picture, say what lies where, stands or hangs and who sits where. For example, Kitaplar rafta.

3. Looking at the picture, answer the questions:
— Kaç kişi var?
— Sharap nerede?
— Kedi nerede?
Rafta ne var?
Resimde kim var?

Kedi - cat
Resim - photography, drawing
Kisi - a person

4. Find the appropriate answers in the right column for the questions in the left column:

NasIl? Ne kadar? Ne zaman? Neredesin? Nereye? O kim? Bu hediye kimden?

Olga'dan Ali Istanbul'dayIm Hemen Chok güzel Biraz Alanya'ya

Hediye - a gift

5. Which place in the city will you get to by following the directions?

• meydan - area
• cami - mosque
• lokanta - restaurant, canteen
• sol - left
• sag - right
• duz - straight, straight
• donmek - turn around, return

a) Bakkaldan meydana git. Meydanda sola don. Plajda saga don. Saga bak.
b) Bakkaldan meydana git. Meydanda saga don. Camiden sola don. sola bak.
c) Pansiyondan saga git. Saga don. Meydanda duz git. Plajda sola don. sola bak.
d) Pansiyondan saga git. Saga don. Meydana git. Meydanda sola don. sola bak.
e) Lokantadan sola git. Sola don. Meydana git. Meydanda duz git. Camide sola don. sola bak.

6. Using a table showing the distance between cities, answer the questions:

Adana
1166	Edirne
683	557	Eskisehir
1037	1662	1318	Kars
356	890	333	1162	Konya
748	961	650	778	676	Samsung

a) Adana'dan Konya'ya kaç kilometre?
b) Edirne, Kars'tan ne kadar uzak?
c) Samsun'dan Adana'ya kaç kilometre?
d) Samsun, Edirne'den ne kadar uzak?
e) Eskişehir'den Kars'a kaç kilometre?

7. Using the following words and various pronouns, make up declarative sentences. For example, "I'm in the office" - "ofisteyim", "you are here" - "buradasınız".

8. Translate. Come up with your suggestions.

9. Put the sentences from task 8 into the negative form: They are not in Turkey. Come up with your suggestions.

10. Put the sentences from task 8 into an interrogative form: Are they in Turkey? Come up with your own questions.

11. Imagine that you are talking on the phone. Ask your interlocutor where he is. Tell me where you are. Using the diagram from task 5, explain how to get to you.

Turkish nouns have six cases

Main case.

Genitive.

Dative.

Local drop.

Initial case.

Accusative.

The main case of the name speaks for itself in general corresponds to the Russian nominative case. Three more case names are the same as in Russian. Of course, the name is not everything, and there are some differences between the cases of "namesake" in Russian and in Turkish, but basically they still correspond to each other and answer the same questions. There is no prepositional case in Turkish, since there are no prepositions either, there are postpositions, which, unlike prepositions, do not precede the noun, but follow it, but they do not require a special, say, “postpositional” case, they are combined with nouns in different cases. There is also no instrumental case; its meanings are conveyed in other ways. But on the other hand, in the Turkish language we meet with exotic names "local case" and "original case". These are the so-called "spatial cases", their main meanings are respectively "there", "in" and "from there", "from"; these cases are complemented by the dative case, which could be called "directive" (as in some related languages, for example, in Tatar), since the main meaning of the dative case of the Turkish language is "there", "toward", "towards".

Case affixes can be attached directly to the root of a noun, to a plural affix, or to an possessive affix.

When attaching a case affix, the phonetic changes described above are possible, dropping out a narrow vowel and voicing the final consonant (see Accessory).

Case affixes are attached to proper names through an apostrophe: Moskova "da moscovada in Moscow; Estanbul" a istanbul in Istanbul; Eskiєehir "den eskishchehirden from Eskisehir.

Basic case

Names the subject of speech, he answers the questions: who? (kim? kim?) what? (ne? not?). The noun in the main case coincides with its dictionary form, has no affixes (more precisely, it has a zero affix). In terms of its main functions and form, the main case is equivalent to the Russian nominative case.

Examples: woman - father; ev- ev- house; oda - ode - room - tarla - field; kemer - kemer - belt at-at-horse; baє- bash- head; zocuk - chojuk - child - oyunjak - toymuayenehane - doctor's office

Genitive

Answers the questions: whose? whose? whose? whose? (kimin? kimin? in the case of an animate "possessor"; nenin? nenin? in the case of an inanimate "possessor").

Genitive case affixes

Examples of relative izafet At bayue at bashi horse head (any horse, horse in general)

Zocuk oyuncare chojuk oyunjay children's toyєzi muayenehanesi dischchi muayenehanesi dental officeprü kemeri kyopryu kemeri bridge span

The unformed genitive in the construction of the relative izafet is also used to indicate the material from which the object is made. word formation turkish noun speech

For example:

alten altyn gold; tarak tarak comb alten tarare altyn tara'y golden comb sof sof wool; gömlek gömlek dress sof gömlepi sof gemleyi woolen dress (The words altën and sof are not in the main, but in the unformed genitive case.)

Dative

Denotes an indirect object (animate or inanimate), on which the action is under the influence, or the final point of the movement or action. He answers the questions: where? (nereye? ee-reye?) to whom? to whom? (kime? kime?) what? for what? (neye? neye? or niye? niye?).

Dative affixes

The letter “n” is inserted between the affix of the 3rd person and the dative affix (as well as the local, original and accusative cases, and for the last two, affix variants starting with a vowel sound are taken).

Examples: grandmother to father, to father ata ata horse, to horse field rose, to rose dieziye to child dentist, to dentist (girmek) oday (girmek) (enter) into the room araca (zekmak) aaja (chykmak) (climb) on a tree binmek) of the tram (binmek) (sit) in the tram keza kyza girl, to the girl kezlara kyzlara girls, to the girls kezema kyzyma of my daughter, to my daughter kezlarema kyzlarima to my daughters, to my daughtersmeve house, to your house, to your houseevlerinise your house houses, to your houses kezena kyzyna of your daughter, to your daughter; his daughter, to his daughter kazlarena kyzlaryn your daughters, to your daughters; to his daughters, to his daughters; their daughters, to their daughter; to their daughters, to their daughters, to your house, to your house; to his house, to his house, to your houses, to your houses; his houses, to his houses; their house, to their house; their homes, their homes.

As can be seen from the last four examples, the Turkish language does not distinguish between the dative case of singular nouns with 2nd person singular possessive affixes and singular nouns with 3rd person singular possessive affixes (“your ” = “his one”), as well as the dative case of plural nouns with possessive affixes of the 2nd person singular, plural nouns with possessive affixes of the 3rd person singular, nouns in the singular , equipped with affixes of possession of the 3rd person plural, and nouns in the plural, equipped with affixes of possession of the 3rd person plural (“your” = “his many” = “their one” = “their many”).

local case

Denotes the location of an object in space or the position of an event, phenomenon in time (in such and such a year, month). He answers the questions: where? (nerede? nerede?) from whom? (kimde? kim-de?) what? in what? (nede? nede?).

Local case affixes

Examples: yel - yyl - year; ay - ah - month; an - an - instantaneously yelda - gochmishch yylda - last yearayda - bu ayda - this month єu anda - shu anda - at the same moment odada - odada - in the room, odalarda - odalar - yes - in the roomhevde - in the house, at home ; evimde- evim-de- in my house kezda- kyzda- at the girl's; kezemda- kyzym- yes - my daughter kezenda- kyzynda- your daughter; his daughter; kezlarenda- kyzlarynda- with your daughters; his daughters, their daughter; with their daughters-evinde-in your house; in his house evlerinde- evlerinde- in your houses; in his houses, in his house; in their homes.

As can be seen from the last examples, Turkish does not distinguish between the local case forms of singular nouns with 2nd person singular possessive affixes and singular nouns with 3rd person singular possessive affixes (“your ”, “in yours” = “he has one”, “in his one”), as well as local case forms of plural nouns with possessive affixes of the 2nd person singular, plural nouns with possessive affixes 3rd person singular, singular nouns with 3rd person plural possessive affixes, and plural nouns with 3rd person plural possessive affixes (“at yours”, “in yours” = "in his many", "in his many" = "in their one", "in their one" = "in their many", "in their many").

original case

Designates the starting point of a movement or action and answers the questions: from where? (nereden? nereden?) from whom? (kimden? kimden?) from what? from what? (neden? neden?) why? (niсin? nichin?). A noun in the form of the original case in a sentence can be an adverb or an object.

Affixes of the original case

Examples: cuma- juma- Friday; cumadan-juma-dan-from Friday, odadan-from the room; odalardan - odalardan - from the rooms; evden - from the house; evimden - evimden - from my house kezdan - kyzdan - from a girl; kezemdan - kyzymdan - from my daughter kezendan- kyzyndan - from your daughter; from his daughter kazlarendan - kyzlaryndan - from your daughters; from his daughters; from their daughter; from their daughters - evinden - from your house; from his house evlerinden- evlerinden- from your houses; from his houses; from his house; from their homes.

As can be seen from the last examples, Turkish does not distinguish between the original case of singular nouns with 2nd person singular possessive affixes and singular nouns with 3rd person singular possessive affixes (“from your ”, “from yours” = “from his one”, “from his one”), as well as the forms of the initial case of plural nouns with possessive affixes of the 2nd person singular, plural nouns with possessive affixes 3rd person singular, singular nouns with 3rd person plural possessive affixes, and plural nouns with 3rd person plural possessive affixes (“from yours”, “from yours” = "from his many", "from his many" = "from their one", "from their one" = "from their many", "from their many").

Accusative

Denotes the direct object of the action expressed by the verb (as well as the accusative case of the Russian language). He answers the questions: who? (Kimi? kimi?) what? (neyi? her and? or ne? not?).

Accusative affixes

babayе- babayy- father (“I see my father.” Not to be confused with genitive case- “no father”, “father’s house”) babame - babama - my father babalarеmeze - babalarymyzy - our fathers dostu - dostu - friend dostumu - dostumu - my friend

There are no prepositions or prefixes in Turkish. Instead, case affixes are used. There are six cases in Turkish: nominative, genitive, accusative and three spatial cases: locative, dative (dative) and original.

Today we will look at the local case.

local case da/de/ta/te

The locative case is used to indicate the location of an item when answering questions nerede? - Where? kimde - from whom? nede - in what?

The locative affix has 4 variants: -da/-de/-ta/-te, depending on which vowel and consonant are located in the last syllable of the word stem.

Vowel sequence word syllable	Last consonant of a word	Affix	Example
a, ı, o, u	voiced		okul da – At school
e, i, ö, ü			ev de– in the house
a, ı, o, u	deaf		sokak ta- on the street
e, i, ö, ü			Paris' te- in Paris

Remember the expression Fı stı kcı Ş a h a p? All consonants in this phrase are deaf.After voiceless consonants, the locative affix takes the form -ta/te

When adding to proper names, the affix is ​​written with an apostrophe:

Moscow' da- in Moscow, Ali 'de - at Ali

Kalem Masa da- Pen on the table

Araba sokak ta- car on the street

Words var(is) and yok(no) in locative sentences often act as a verb and are placed at the end of the sentence.

Moscow" da çok araba var. -There are many cars in Moscow
Masa da kıtap var- There is a book on the table

office te avukatlar yok– There are no lawyers in the office

Ev de duvarlar var- There are walls in the house

Ben de para yok - I have no money

Train yourself now. Write answers to these two questions using all the words provided.

Kitap nerede? oda- room masa dolap ders- lesson

kitap kimde? ben sen Ahmet Doctor

You may have noticed that so far we have used the locative case when talking about something in the third person. When the sentence is not about the third person (well, for example, I'm in the room, you're at school, you're in Moscow), then personal affixes are added to the local affix. Remember them?

Since the locative affix ends in a vowel, in the first person the personal affix is ​​added with the letter y. Here, look:

Ben oda da y Im- I'm in the room

Sen oda da sin- you are in the room

Biz oda da y Iz- we are in the room

Siz oda da sInIz- you are in the room

Onlar oda da- they are in the room (note that nothing is added to the affix)

Interrogative sentences with local case.

We have already seen that interrogative sentences can be built with question words nerede And kimde. Translation of such questions: Where is something/someone? Who has something/someone? You can also use the word var and interrogative With fishing ne AndKim

da......ne var?

da......kim var?

office te kim var? Who is in the office? Ofiste müdür (director)var

Masa da ne var?- What is on the table?Masa da kitap var

Canta da neler var? - What's in the bag? Çantada kitap ve kalem var

SInIf ta kimler var? - Who is in the class? SInIfta öğrenciler var

It could also be a question like this:

da.....var mı?

It translates as"Is there somewhere / someone has something / someone?"

Well, the answers to it, positive and negative.

Evet, ......da .....var

Hayır, ......da.....yok

For example, let's do an exercise. These words may not be clear:

cuzdan - wallet

para - money

çekmece - box ik

çocuk- child

ATTENTION:When answering a question, pay attention to whether there is a word in it var. If there is, then it should be in the answer, and if it is not, then it should not be in the answer either. This is a very common mistake for the question: Kitap nerede ? reply kitap masada var . IT IS NOT RIGHT!

There are 8 cases in Turkish. Some cases coincide with cases in Russian grammar, and some differ both in meaning and in the questions they define. Let's look at each case in more detail:

Nominative (basic) case - Yalın hal

The nominative case in Turkish answers the questions: Kim? (Who?), Ne? (What?) . In this case, to the noun no suffixes added. This is the original form of the word, which is used, for example, in dictionaries.

Dun (ne?) cay ichtim. - Yesterday I drank tea.
(Kim?) Ahmet footbolu seviyor. - Ahmed loves football.

Accusative - Belirtme hali

The accusative answers the questions: Kimi? (Whom?), Neyi? (What?) . In Turkish grammar, the accusative case is also called the case of definition, as it indicates certain objects.

The accusative case is formed as follows:

+ suffixes-ı / -i / -u / -ü

The correct suffix is ​​selected using

For example:

We form a win.pad into the shape. words mimar (architect). We add the suffix ı to the word mimar itself, since according to the law of vowel harmony: only the vowel ı can follow the vowels a, ı. As a result, we get the word mimarı (kimi?).

Ben (kimi?) mimarı aradım ve istediklerimi soyledim. - I called architect and spoke of her wishes.

Ben (neyi?)İstanbul "u özledim. - I miss you around Istanbul.

Ben (neyi?) o tabloyu çizdim. - I have painted this scheme.

To proper names, the suffix vin.pad. is attached only with the sign " , as, for example, in the second sentence.

If the word ends in a vowel, then a consonant y appears between it and the suffix of the accusative case, so that two vowels do not merge (as in the third sentence). This applies to all cases in Turkish.

As you can see, in Turkish we used questions Whom? And What? To whom? What? What?

Belirtme hali Belirtme hali they are also different (this is -ı / -i / -u / -ü). Therefore, for starters, endings can help you determine the desired case. And already in the future, when fixing the language, already when translating the sentence and the semantic meaning, you will be able to determine the desired case.

If you want to build a sentence yourself in Turkish, but you have difficulties, then you need to navigate by semantic meaning. As mentioned above, the accusative case in Turkish is the case of the definition and indicates certain objects / people. Here, as a rule, before the noun, you can simply insert the word this, this, this, and at the same time the meaning of the sentence will not change, but, on the contrary, will acquire even greater coloring. Convinced of the semantic meaning, you will understand what it is Belirtme hali. Next, you just have to ask Kimi questions? (Whom?), Neyi? (What?), and transform the noun into the desired form (add suffixes -ı / -i / -u / -ü).

Dative - Yönelme hali

The dative case answers the question Kime? (To whom?), Neye? (What?), Nereye? (Where?) and denotes the person or object to which the action is directed.

The dative case is formed as follows:

Noun in original form + suffixes-a / -e

YarIn (Nereye?) Ankaraya toplantıya gidiyoruz. - Tomorrow we go to the meeting to Ankara.

Çalışmıyorum cünkü evde (Kime?) cosuğa bakıyorum. - I don't work because I watch at home for a child.

Dun sevdigim (Ney?) filme baktık. - We watched our favorite yesterday movie.

As you can see, in Turkish we used questions To whom; to what?, and in translation into Russian to nouns we ask questions For whom? What?

In order to further understand and distinguish Yönelme hali we will give a short instruction: if you meet a sentence in Turkish, then noun endings will come to your aid. At Yönelme hali they are also different (it's -a / -e). Therefore, for starters, endings can help you determine the desired case. And already in the future, when fixing the language, already when translating the sentence and the semantic meaning, you will be able to determine the desired case.

If you want to build a sentence yourself in Turkish, but you have difficulties, then you need to navigate by semantic meaning. As it was said above, Yönelme hali denotes the person or object towards which the action is directed. Convinced of the semantic meaning, you will understand what it is Yönelme hali. Next, you just have to ask Kime questions? (To whom?), Neye? (What?) and transform the noun into the desired form (add suffixes -a / -e).

Local case - Bulunma hali

Does the locative answer Nerede's questions? (Where?), Kimde? (Who?), Nede? (On what?) and is used primarily to indicate the location of an item.

The local case is formed as follows:

Noun in original form + suffixes-da / -de / -ta / -te

Selecting the correct suffix is ​​done with .
a, ı, o, u + voiced consonant -da
e, i, ö, ü + voiced consonant -de
a, ı, o, u + voiceless consonant -ta
e, i, ö, ü + voiceless consonant -te

Let's transform the word uçak (aircraft) into the local case form. Because given word ends with a voiceless consonant k and the last syllable includes the vowel a, then we choose the suffix ta. That is, we get the word (nerede?) uçakta (on the plane).

(Nerede?) Uçakta çok az kişi vardı. - In airplane there were very few people.

Bugun (Kimde?) arkadaşlarımda kitaplar yoktu. - Today friends there were no books.

Original case - AyrIlma hali

Does the original case answer Nereden's questions? (From where?), Kimden? (From whom?), Neden? (From what?) and denotes the starting point of the movement or action.

The original case is formed as follows:

Noun in original form + suffixes-dan / -den / -tan / -ten

The choice of the correct suffix is ​​carried out using the Law of vowel harmony on "2" and the Law of consonant harmony
That is, the desired case affix is ​​chosen according to the last letter in the word:
a, ı, o, u + voiced consonant - dan
e, i, ö, ü + voiced consonant - den
a, ı, o, u + voiceless consonant - tan
e, i, ö, ü + voiceless consonant - ten

biz (nereden?) havalimanIndan geliyoruz. - We go from airport.

Gazeteyi (kimden?) arkadaşımdan alıyorum. - I take the newspaper friend.

Instrumental - Vasita hali

Does the instrumental answer Kiminle's questions? (With whom?), Ne ile? (With what?) .

The instrumental case is formed as follows:

Noun in original form + suffixes-la / -le

The choice of the correct suffix is ​​carried out using the Law of Vowel Harmony on "2"

university (kiminle?) kardesimle gidiyorum. - I go to university with my brother.

Onlarla (ne ile?) telefonla konuşuyoruz. - We talk to them by phone.

Genitive - İlgi hali

Does the genitive answer Kimin's questions? (Whose? Whom?) and Neyin? (Whose? What?) and is used to express ownership.

The genitive case is formed as follows:

Noun in original form + suffixes -ın / -in / -un / -ün; -nIn / -nin / -nun / -nun

The choice of the correct suffix is ​​carried out using the Law of vowel harmony on "4".
The suffixes -ın / -in / -un / -ün are added if the word ends in a consonant.
The suffixes -nın / -nin / -nun / -nün are added if the word ends in a vowel.

Bu (neyin?) bavulun çekisi çok ağır. - This suitcases heavy weight.

(Kimin?) Amcanın evi çok güzeldi. - At uncles very beautiful house.

Case of action and opinion - Eşitlik hali

Does this case answer the questions Kimce? (For whose?) Nece? (How?) and conveys the speaker's point of view.

Formed as follows:

Noun in original form + suffixes-ca/-ce

The choice of the correct suffix is ​​carried out using the Law of Vowel Harmony on "2"

(Kimce?) Sense İstanbul güzel mi? - according to you Is Istanbul beautiful?

(Kimce?) Onlarca Ali çalışkan değil. - In their opinion, Ali is not hardworking.

Turkish does not have prepositions like Russian does, but there are six types of case affixes that replace them. All case affixes are stressed, I join the root of the word.

Cases of the Turkish language briefly:

1. Dative-a/ -e or -ya/ -ye answers Kime's question? - “To whom?”, “To whom?”, Neye? "What?", Nereye? - "Where?"
2. local case-da/ -de answers Nerede's question? - "Where?", Kimde? - "Who?"
3. original case-dan/ -den or -tan/ -ten answers Nereden's questions? "where?", Kimden? "(from) whom?", Neden? “from what?”, “why?
4. Accusative-yi/ -yı/ -yu/ -yü or ı/ -i/ -u/ -ü answers Kimi's questions? - "Who?", Neyi? - "What?
5. Instrumental case ile, together: -yle/ -yla or -le/ -la answers Kiminle's questions? - "With whom?", Neyle? - "With what?"
6. Genitive-in/ -ın/ -un/ -ün or -nin/ -nın/ -nun/ -nün answers Kimin's questions? - "Who?", Neyin? - "What?"

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Now let's see how each of the Turkish cases is used:

Accusative

In Turkish, the accusative may or may not take an affix: the case does not take an affix when the object is an indefinite or inanimate object. For example: Ne yapıyorsun? Kitap okuyorum. (What are you doing? I'm reading a book)

When the object is a proper, personal or demonstrative pronoun, an animate object or an inanimate object that belongs to any person, as well as plural. For example: Arkadaşlarını gördüm (I saw your friends)
Onu bekliyorum (I'm waiting for him)
Şu kitabı istiyorum (I want that book over there)

Ben - beni
Sen-seni
O-onu Biz-bizi
Siz-sizi
Onlar - onlarI

Dative

This case is also called directional. Indicates the direction of action or movement.
For example:
Bugun kime gidiyorsun? (Who are you going to today?)
Bugün Ali "ye gidiyorum (Today I'm going to Ali)
Nereye gidiyorsun? (Where are you going?)
Okula gidiyorum (I go to school)

Don't forget to learn the case forms of personal pronouns!
Ben-bana
Sen-sana
O-ona Biz-bize
Size
Onlar - onlara

original case

The original case indicates the starting point of the movement, action.
Nereden geliyorsun? (Where are you coming from?)
Piknikten geliyorum (I'm coming back) from a picnic)

Don't forget to learn the case forms of personal pronouns!
Ben - benden
Sen-senden
O - ondan biz - bizden
siz - sizden
onlar - onlardan

Instrumental case

The combination of the postposition ile with nouns and pronouns in Turkish is expressed in the instrumental case.
The postposition ile is usually written separately from the word, but you can also find the form -la, -le after consonants and -yla, -yle after vowels.

Don't forget to learn the case forms of personal pronouns!
Ben - benimle
Sen - seninle
O-onunla biz-bizimle
siz - sizinle
onlar - onlarla

Genitive

The genitive case of the Turkish language corresponds to a combination of two nouns, one of which in Russian is formed in the genitive case (door handle, friend's book, etc.) and is called the two-affix isafet.
For example:
Bu kimin arabasI? (Whose car is it?)
Arkadaşımın arabası (Friend's car)

Don't forget to learn the case forms of personal pronouns!

Ben - benim
Sen-senin
O - onun biz - bizim
siz - sizin
onlar - onlarIn

local case

The local (prepositional) case is used when denoting the location of an object and, as well as when denoting the owner of the object (for me, for you, etc.)
For example: Kitap nerede? (Where is the book?) Kitap masada (The book is on the table)

Don't forget to learn the case forms of personal pronouns!

Ben - bende
Sen-sende
O - onda biz - bizde
siz - sizde
onlar - onlarda

And now let's practice using cases with the song Eteği Belinde by the Turkish singer Manush Baba. His real name is Mustafa Ozkan. He took the pseudonym Manush Baba under the influence of his mother, who called him Manush in childhood - which meant good, nice, sweet. Baba, which means papa, was the first word that little Mustafa said.

The song Eteği Belinde (meaning literally "skirt at the waist") tells about the love of a young man for a girl and impatient expectation of a wedding. The clip shows us the atmosphere of old Istanbul, good neighborly relations and the simple joys of people whose fates were connected by one ancient district.

Lyrics:

Geliyor bak kalem kaşlı (She walks, thin eyebrows literally: like a pencil line)
Etegi belin de gül de takmış, gül de takmış (Waist skirt, rose pinned, rose pinned)
Al dudaklar, mor sümbüller (Scarlet lips, purple hyacinths)
Öyle de güzel ince de belli ince de belli (So pretty, thin waist, thin waist)

Yar Belin e Belin e sarIlamam, ah gece den
Ah öte den beri den bakış atma ah yerim de
Ah yıkadım kuruttum çarşaf ı , serdim ipek yorganı (Ah, washed, dried the sheets, laid a silk blanket)
Ah gunah ı sevab ı boynuma, gel bu gece koynuma (Oh, sin and joy, all mine, come to my arms tonight)

Dedim o na, ey guzel! (I told her, hey beauty!)
Böyle mi geçer bu geceler, bu geceler? (So ​​will these nights go, these nights?)
Neymiş anam bizim bu keder (Mom, what kind of fate is this)
Ne zamana kadar böyle gider, böyle gider? (How long will it last, how long)

Yar beline beline sarılamam, ah gece den duramam (Darling, I can't hug your waist, I can't wait for the night)
Ah öte den beri den bakış atma ah yerim de duramam (Ah, don't look back and forth, ah, I can't stand still)
Ah yıkadım kuruttum çarşafı, serdim ipek yorganı (Ah, washed, dried the sheets, laid a silk blanket)
Ah günahı sevabı boynuma, gel bu gece koynuma (Ah, sin and joy, all mine, come to my arms tonight)

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