Restoran Declension: Turkish Cases of 'restaurant'
restoran means “restaurant”. Its last vowel is a, so 2-way suffixes use a (restoranlar) and 4-way suffixes use ı (restoranın). It is a regular noun: suffixes attach directly to restoran, as in restoranı and restoranda.
Quick facts
- Plural
- restoranlar
- restaurants
- Harmony
- Back unrounded
- suffix vowels a / ı
- Ends in
- a consonant
- suffixes attach directly
- Object form
- restoranı
- accusative, “the restaurant”
Rules this noun follows
- Linking vowel — A harmonised vowel is inserted after a consonant (kitab-ı-m).restoranım, restoranın
- Pronominal n — After a 3rd-person possessive, case suffixes take n (arabası-n-ı, evi-n-de).restoranını, restoranında
Restoran in all seven cases
The added suffix is highlighted. Plural forms put -lar before the case ending.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| NominativeYalın hâl · no ending | restoranrestaurant | restoranlarrestaurants |
| AccusativeBelirtme hâli · -(y)I | restoranıthe restaurant (object) | restoranlarıthe restaurants (object) |
| DativeYönelme hâli · -(y)A | restoranato the restaurant | restoranlarato the restaurants |
| LocativeBulunma hâli · -DA | restorandain / at the restaurant | restoranlardain / at the restaurants |
| AblativeAyrılma hâli · -DAn | restorandanfrom the restaurant | restoranlardanfrom the restaurants |
| Genitiveİlgi hâli · -(n)In | restoranınthe restaurant's / of the restaurant | restoranlarınthe restaurants's / of the restaurants |
| InstrumentalVasıta hâli · -(y)lA | restoranlawith the restaurant | restoranlarlawith the restaurants |
Possessive forms: “my restaurant”, “your restaurant”…
The possessive suffix comes first, then the case. After the 3rd-person forms a case ending takes an extra n (restoranında). See possessive suffixes.
| Owner | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Ablative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| benimmy | restoranımmy restaurant | restoranımımy restaurant (object) | restoranımato my restaurant | restoranımdain / at my restaurant | restoranımdanfrom my restaurant |
| seninyour | restoranınyour restaurant | restoranınıyour restaurant (object) | restoranınato your restaurant | restoranındain / at your restaurant | restoranındanfrom your restaurant |
| onunhis/her/its | restoranıhis/her restaurant | restoranınıhis/her restaurant (object) | restoranınato his/her restaurant | restoranındain / at his/her restaurant | restoranındanfrom his/her restaurant |
| bizimour | restoranımızour restaurant | restoranımızıour restaurant (object) | restoranımızato our restaurant | restoranımızdain / at our restaurant | restoranımızdanfrom our restaurant |
| sizinyour (pl.) | restoranınızyour (pl.) restaurant | restoranınızıyour (pl.) restaurant (object) | restoranınızato your (pl.) restaurant | restoranınızdain / at your (pl.) restaurant | restoranınızdanfrom your (pl.) restaurant |
| onlarıntheir | restoranlarıtheir restaurants | restoranlarınıtheir restaurants (object) | restoranlarınato their restaurants | restoranlarındain / at their restaurants | restoranlarındanfrom their restaurants |
Plural + possessive: restoranlarım (my restaurants) · restoranların (your restaurants) · restoranları (his/her restaurants) · restoranlarımız (our restaurants) · restoranlarınız (your (pl.) restaurants) · restoranları (their restaurants)
Restoran in example sentences
Watch out with restoran
- Two meanings of restoranın. restoranın is both "of the restaurant" (genitive) and "your restaurant" (possessive). restoranı is likewise both the object form and "his/her restaurant". Rule →
Related nouns and resources
Related nouns: places in town
- adres address
- banka bank
- cadde avenue
- durak stop
- dükkân shop
- eczane pharmacy
- hastane hospital
- köy village
- market supermarket
- müze museum
Other back-vowel A1 nouns
Questions about restoran
What is the plural of restoran?
The plural of restoran ("restaurant") is restoranlar. The plural suffix follows 2-way vowel harmony: the last vowel of restoran is a, a back vowel, so it takes -lar. The plural then takes case endings: restoranları, restoranlarda, restoranlardan.
How do you say "to the restaurant" in Turkish?
"To the restaurant" is restorana, the dative case (-a). Similarly, "in / at the restaurant" is restoranda (locative) and "from the restaurant" is restorandan (ablative).
How do you say "my restaurant" in Turkish?
"My restaurant" is restoranım (often with the pronoun: benim restoranım). "Your restaurant" is restoranın, "his/her restaurant" is restoranı and "my restaurants" is restoranlarım.
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