Locative case in Turkish
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The word that should be in the locative case can be found as an answer to the question ‘Nerede?’ (‘Where?’). The English prepositions of place "in, on, at, from, to,..." do not exist in Turkish and are indicated by using the locative case. The locative case is formed by adding the suffix -de to a noun.
The locative (Turkish: -de hali) is used in the following 3 cases:
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The noun in the locative case can be found as an answer to the question 'nerede?' (where?)
The noun in the locative case can be found as an answer to the question 'ne zaman?' (when?)
The noun in the locative case can be found as an answer to the question 'ne?' (what?)
The locative form is formed while adding the suffix -de or -da to the noun. The suffix '-da' is used when the last vowel is one of the following: '-a, -ı, -o, -u'
When the noun is ending with the letters "p, ç, t, k, s, ş, h, f", -de/-da becomes -te/-ta.
Sepet (basket) + ‘-de’: sepette (in the basket) -> the noun ends with ‘-t’.
Ağaç (tree) + ‘-de’: ağaçta (in the tree) -> the noun ends with '-ç'
Personal pronouns in the locative case are formed by adding the '-de, -da' suffixes to pronouns.
Personal Pronoun | Locative Case |
Ben (i) | Bende |
Sen (you) | Sende |
O (he/she) | Onda |
Biz (we) | Bizde |
Siz (you) | Sizde |
Onlar (they) | Onlarda |
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