til
/ til /
Examples
- karaçay til — the Karachay language
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | til the tongue | tille the tongues | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tilni the tongue's | tilleni the tongues' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tilni the tongue (as the object) | tilleni the tongues (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tilge to the tongue | tillege to the tongues | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tilde at / in the tongue | tillede at / in the tongues | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tilden from the tongue | tilleden from the tongues | 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 | tilim my tongue | tillerim my tongues |
| your | tiling your tongue | tillering your tongues |
| his / her | tili his / her tongue | tilleri his / her tongues |
| our | tilibiz our tongue | tilleribiz our tongues |
| you all's | tiligiz you all's tongue | tillerigiz you all's tongues |
| their | tilleri their tongue | tilleri their tongues |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tilleri can mean "his / her tongues", "their tongue", or "their tongues" — context decides.