TUR 202

Ders Notu 1

Possessive
In order to create basic possessions in Turkish, you need to use the correct possessive determiner and
suffix set for each person. Possessive determiner should be before the object and possessive suffix should
be added to the object. Please inspect the given list of possessive determiners and suffixes:

Possessive Determiner Suffix Example

My Benim -(I)m Benim araba-m
Benim atal-m
Your Senin -(I)n Senin araba-n
Senin atal-n
His/Her/Its Onun -(s)I (single item) Onun araba-s
-lArI (plural items)
Onun atal-
Our Bizim -(I)mIz Bizim araba-mz
Bizim atal-mz
Your Sizin -(I)nIz Sizin araba-nz
Sizin atal-nz
Their Onlarn -(s)I (single item) Onlarn araba-s
-lArI (plural items)
Onlarn araba-lar
Onlarn atal-
Onlarn atal-lar

In daily use, speakers generally do not use possessive determiners since ther are already been implied by
the suffixes:

ev --> house
my house --> benim ev-im --> evim
your house --> senin ev-in --> evin
his/her/its house --> onun ev-i --> evi
our house --> bizim ev-imiz --> evimiz
your house --> sizin ev-iniz --> eviniz
their house --> onlarn ev-leri --> evleri