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Possessive Suffixes in Turkish

Turkish employs a system of possessive suffixes to indicate ownership or belonging. These suffixes are added to the end of nouns and vary depending on the person and number of the possessor.

Basic Structure

• 1st person singular: -(i)m
• 2nd person singular: -(i)n
• 3rd person singular: -(s)i
• 1st person plural: -(i)miz
• 2nd person plural: -(i)niz
• 3rd person plural: -leri

The letter in parentheses (i) changes based on vowel harmony rules.

Examples

• Ev (house): evim (my house), evin (your house), evi (his/her house)
• Kitap (book): kitabım, kitabın, kitabı
• Araba (car): arabamız (our car), arabanız (your car), arabaları (their car)

Usage with Pronouns

When used with personal pronouns, the pronoun precedes the noun:

• Benim evim (my house)
• Senin kitabın (your book)
• Onun arabası (his/her car)

Special Cases

1. Words ending in vowels add a buffer consonant 'y' before the suffix:

   • Araba + -ım = arabam (not arabaım)

2. The 3rd person singular suffix changes to -si after vowels:

   • Araba + -(s)i = arabası

Understanding these suffixes is crucial for expressing possession in Turkish and forms an essential part of the language's agglutinative structure.