keçe
/ ketʃe /
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | keçe the night | keçele the nights | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | keçeni the night's | keçeleni the nights' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | keçeni the night (as the object) | keçeleni the nights (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | keçege to the night | keçelege to the nights | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | keçede at / in the night | keçelede at / in the nights | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | keçeden from the night | keçeleden from the nights | 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 | keçem my night | keçelerim my nights |
| your | keçeng your night | keçelering your nights |
| his / her | keçesi his / her night | keçeleri his / her nights |
| our | keçebiz our night | keçeleribiz our nights |
| you all's | keçegiz you all's night | keçelerigiz you all's nights |
| their | keçeleri their night | keçeleri their nights |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: keçeleri can mean "his / her nights", "their night", or "their nights" — context decides.