Park Declension: Turkish Cases of 'park'
park means “park”. Its last vowel is a, so 2-way suffixes use a (parklar) and 4-way suffixes use ı (parkın). It is a regular noun: suffixes attach directly to park, as in parkı and parkta.
Quick facts
- Plural
- parklar
- parks
- Harmony
- Back unrounded
- suffix vowels a / ı
- Ends in
- a consonant
- suffixes attach directly
- Object form
- parkı
- accusative, “the park”
Rules this noun follows
- Consonant hardening — After f, s, t, k, ç, ş, h, p a suffix-initial d becomes t (and c becomes ç).parkta, parktan
- Linking vowel — A harmonised vowel is inserted after a consonant (kitab-ı-m).parkım, parkın
- Pronominal n — After a 3rd-person possessive, case suffixes take n (arabası-n-ı, evi-n-de).parkını, parkında
Park in all seven cases
The added suffix is highlighted. Plural forms put -lar before the case ending.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| NominativeYalın hâl · no ending | parkpark | parklarparks |
| AccusativeBelirtme hâli · -(y)I | parkıthe park (object) | parklarıthe parks (object) |
| DativeYönelme hâli · -(y)A | parkato the park | parklarato the parks |
| LocativeBulunma hâli · -DA | parktain / at the park | parklardain / at the parks |
| AblativeAyrılma hâli · -DAn | parktanfrom the park | parklardanfrom the parks |
| Genitiveİlgi hâli · -(n)In | parkınthe park's / of the park | parklarınthe parks's / of the parks |
| InstrumentalVasıta hâli · -(y)lA | parklawith the park | parklarlawith the parks |
Possessive forms: “my park”, “your park”…
The possessive suffix comes first, then the case. After the 3rd-person forms a case ending takes an extra n (parkında). See possessive suffixes.
| Owner | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Ablative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| benimmy | parkımmy park | parkımımy park (object) | parkımato my park | parkımdain / at my park | parkımdanfrom my park |
| seninyour | parkınyour park | parkınıyour park (object) | parkınato your park | parkındain / at your park | parkındanfrom your park |
| onunhis/her/its | parkıhis/her park | parkınıhis/her park (object) | parkınato his/her park | parkındain / at his/her park | parkındanfrom his/her park |
| bizimour | parkımızour park | parkımızıour park (object) | parkımızato our park | parkımızdain / at our park | parkımızdanfrom our park |
| sizinyour (pl.) | parkınızyour (pl.) park | parkınızıyour (pl.) park (object) | parkınızato your (pl.) park | parkınızdain / at your (pl.) park | parkınızdanfrom your (pl.) park |
| onlarıntheir | parklarıtheir parks | parklarınıtheir parks (object) | parklarınato their parks | parklarındain / at their parks | parklarındanfrom their parks |
Plural + possessive: parklarım (my parks) · parkların (your parks) · parkları (his/her parks) · parklarımız (our parks) · parklarınız (your (pl.) parks) · parkları (their parks)
Park in example sentences
Parktan eve dönerken yağmur başladı.
It started raining as we walked home from the park.
Ablative case
Watch out with park
Related nouns and resources
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Questions about park
What is the plural of park?
The plural of park ("park") is parklar. The plural suffix follows 2-way vowel harmony: the last vowel of park is a, a back vowel, so it takes -lar. The plural then takes case endings: parkları, parklarda, parklardan.
How do you say "to the park" in Turkish?
"To the park" is parka, the dative case (-a). Similarly, "in / at the park" is parkta (locative) and "from the park" is parktan (ablative).
How do you say "my park" in Turkish?
"My park" is parkım (often with the pronoun: benim parkım). "Your park" is parkın, "his/her park" is parkı and "my parks" is parklarım.
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