adam
/ adam /
Definition noun person
Examples
- nença adam bardı? — how many people are there?
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | adam the person | adamla the people | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | adamnı the person's | adamlanı the people's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | adamnı the person (as the object) | adamlanı the people (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | adamğa to the person | adamlağa to the people | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | adamda at / in the person | adamlada at / in the people | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | adamdan from the person | adamladan from the people | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | adamım my person | adamlarım my people |
| your | adamıng your person | adamlarıng your people |
| his / her | adamı his / her person | adamları his / her people |
| our | adamıbız our person | adamlarıbız our people |
| you all's | adamığız you all's person | adamlarığız you all's people |
| their | adamları their person | adamları their people |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: adamları can mean "his / her people", "their person", or "their people" — context decides.