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Examples
- atnı semirtseng, cayaw cürümezse — fatten your horse and you won't go on foot — a proverb
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | at the horse | atla the horses | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | atnı the horse's | atlanı the horses' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | atnı the horse (as the object) | atlanı the horses (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | atha to the horse | atlağa to the horses | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | atda at / in the horse | atlada at / in the horses | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | atdan from the horse | atladan from the horses | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | atım my horse | atlarım my horses |
| your | atıng your horse | atlarıng your horses |
| his / her | atı his / her horse | atları his / her horses |
| our | atıbız our horse | atlarıbız our horses |
| you all's | atığız you all's horse | atlarığız you all's horses |
| their | atları their horse | atları their horses |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: atları can mean "his / her horses", "their horse", or "their horses" — context decides.