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Çanta Declension: Turkish Cases of 'bag'

çanta means “bag”. Its last vowel is a, so 2-way suffixes use a (çantalar) and 4-way suffixes use ı (çantanın). Because it ends in a vowel, vowel-initial suffixes need a buffer letter: çantayı, çantanın, çantası.

Quick facts

Plural
çantalar
bags
Harmony
Back unrounded
suffix vowels a / ı
Ends in
a vowel
buffer letters y / n / s
Object form
çantayı
accusative, “the bag”

Rules this noun follows

  • Buffer letter y — y separates two vowels (kapı-y-ı).çantayı, çantaya, çantayla
  • Buffer letter n — n separates two vowels in the genitive (kapı-n-ın).çantanın
  • Buffer letter s — s separates two vowels in the 3rd-person possessive (kapı-s-ı).çantası
  • Pronominal n — After a 3rd-person possessive, case suffixes take n (arabası-n-ı, evi-n-de).çantasını, çantasında

Çanta in all seven cases

The added suffix is highlighted. Plural forms put -lar before the case ending.

CaseSingularPlural
NominativeYalın hâl · no endingçantabagçantalarbags
AccusativeBelirtme hâli · -(y)Içantayıthe bag (object)çantalarıthe bags (object)
DativeYönelme hâli · -(y)Açantayato the bagçantalarato the bags
LocativeBulunma hâli · -DAçantadain / at the bagçantalardain / at the bags
AblativeAyrılma hâli · -DAnçantadanfrom the bagçantalardanfrom the bags
Genitiveİlgi hâli · -(n)Inçantanınthe bag's / of the bagçantalarınthe bags's / of the bags
InstrumentalVasıta hâli · -(y)lAçantaylawith the bagçantalarlawith the bags

Possessive forms: “my bag”, “your bag”…

The possessive suffix comes first, then the case. After the 3rd-person forms a case ending takes an extra n (çantasında). See possessive suffixes.

OwnerNominativeAccusativeDativeLocativeAblative
benimmyçantammy bagçantamımy bag (object)çantamato my bagçantamdain / at my bagçantamdanfrom my bag
seninyourçantanyour bagçantanıyour bag (object)çantanato your bagçantandain / at your bagçantandanfrom your bag
onunhis/her/itsçantasıhis/her bagçantasınıhis/her bag (object)çantasınato his/her bagçantasındain / at his/her bagçantasındanfrom his/her bag
bizimourçantamızour bagçantamızıour bag (object)çantamızato our bagçantamızdain / at our bagçantamızdanfrom our bag
sizinyour (pl.)çantanızyour (pl.) bagçantanızıyour (pl.) bag (object)çantanızato your (pl.) bagçantanızdain / at your (pl.) bagçantanızdanfrom your (pl.) bag
onlarıntheirçantalarıtheir bagsçantalarınıtheir bags (object)çantalarınato their bagsçantalarındain / at their bagsçantalarındanfrom their bags

Plural + possessive: çantalarım (my bags) · çantaların (your bags) · çantaları (his/her bags) · çantalarımız (our bags) · çantalarınız (your (pl.) bags) · çantaları (their bags)

Çanta in example sentences

Watch out with çanta

  • Buffer letters after the final vowel. Vowel suffixes need a buffer: çantayı (y), çantanın (n), çantası (s). After çantası a case suffix adds n: çantasında, not *çantasıda. Rule →

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Questions about çanta

What is the plural of çanta?

The plural of çanta ("bag") is çantalar. The plural suffix follows 2-way vowel harmony: the last vowel of çanta is a, a back vowel, so it takes -lar. The plural then takes case endings: çantaları, çantalarda, çantalardan.

How do you say "to the bag" in Turkish?

"To the bag" is çantaya, the dative case (-ya). Similarly, "in / at the bag" is çantada (locative) and "from the bag" is çantadan (ablative).

How do you say "my bag" in Turkish?

"My bag" is çantam (often with the pronoun: benim çantam). "Your bag" is çantan, "his/her bag" is çantası and "my bags" is çantalarım.

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