Oda Declension: Turkish Cases of 'room'
oda means “room”. Its last vowel is a, so 2-way suffixes use a (odalar) and 4-way suffixes use ı (odanın). Because it ends in a vowel, vowel-initial suffixes need a buffer letter: odayı, odanın, odası.
Quick facts
- Plural
- odalar
- rooms
- Harmony
- Back unrounded
- suffix vowels a / ı
- Ends in
- a vowel
- buffer letters y / n / s
- Object form
- odayı
- accusative, “the room”
Rules this noun follows
- Buffer letter y — y separates two vowels (kapı-y-ı).odayı, odaya, odayla
- Buffer letter n — n separates two vowels in the genitive (kapı-n-ın).odanın
- Buffer letter s — s separates two vowels in the 3rd-person possessive (kapı-s-ı).odası
- Pronominal n — After a 3rd-person possessive, case suffixes take n (arabası-n-ı, evi-n-de).odasını, odasında
Oda in all seven cases
The added suffix is highlighted. Plural forms put -lar before the case ending.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| NominativeYalın hâl · no ending | odaroom | odalarrooms |
| AccusativeBelirtme hâli · -(y)I | odayıthe room (object) | odalarıthe rooms (object) |
| DativeYönelme hâli · -(y)A | odayato the room | odalarato the rooms |
| LocativeBulunma hâli · -DA | odadain / at the room | odalardain / at the rooms |
| AblativeAyrılma hâli · -DAn | odadanfrom the room | odalardanfrom the rooms |
| Genitiveİlgi hâli · -(n)In | odanınthe room's / of the room | odalarınthe rooms's / of the rooms |
| InstrumentalVasıta hâli · -(y)lA | odaylawith the room | odalarlawith the rooms |
Possessive forms: “my room”, “your room”…
The possessive suffix comes first, then the case. After the 3rd-person forms a case ending takes an extra n (odasında). See possessive suffixes.
| Owner | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Ablative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| benimmy | odammy room | odamımy room (object) | odamato my room | odamdain / at my room | odamdanfrom my room |
| seninyour | odanyour room | odanıyour room (object) | odanato your room | odandain / at your room | odandanfrom your room |
| onunhis/her/its | odasıhis/her room | odasınıhis/her room (object) | odasınato his/her room | odasındain / at his/her room | odasındanfrom his/her room |
| bizimour | odamızour room | odamızıour room (object) | odamızato our room | odamızdain / at our room | odamızdanfrom our room |
| sizinyour (pl.) | odanızyour (pl.) room | odanızıyour (pl.) room (object) | odanızato your (pl.) room | odanızdain / at your (pl.) room | odanızdanfrom your (pl.) room |
| onlarıntheir | odalarıtheir rooms | odalarınıtheir rooms (object) | odalarınato their rooms | odalarındain / at their rooms | odalarındanfrom their rooms |
Plural + possessive: odalarım (my rooms) · odaların (your rooms) · odaları (his/her rooms) · odalarımız (our rooms) · odalarınız (your (pl.) rooms) · odaları (their rooms)
Oda in example sentences
Watch out with oda
- Buffer letters after the final vowel. Vowel suffixes need a buffer: odayı (y), odanın (n), odası (s). After odası a case suffix adds n: odasında, not
*odasıda. Rule →
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Questions about oda
What is the plural of oda?
The plural of oda ("room") is odalar. The plural suffix follows 2-way vowel harmony: the last vowel of oda is a, a back vowel, so it takes -lar. The plural then takes case endings: odaları, odalarda, odalardan.
How do you say "to the room" in Turkish?
"To the room" is odaya, the dative case (-ya). Similarly, "in / at the room" is odada (locative) and "from the room" is odadan (ablative).
How do you say "my room" in Turkish?
"My room" is odam (often with the pronoun: benim odam). "Your room" is odan, "his/her room" is odası and "my rooms" is odalarım.
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