büro
/byro/
Definitions
1. bureau, the leading committee of an organization, and the sitting it holds
- partiyanı raykomunu bürosu — the bureau of the party district committee
- büronu kengeşi — the sitting of the bureau
- büroğa saylandı — he was elected to the bureau
2. an office of a particular kind, such as one for lost property or for design
- izlewçü büro — a lost-property office
- ekskursiya büro — an excursion office
- büroda işleydi — he works at the office
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bürothe bureau | bürolathe bureaus | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | büronuthe bureau's | bürolanıthe bureaus' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | büronuthe bureau (as the object) | bürolanıthe bureaus (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | büroğato the bureau | bürolağato the bureaus | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | bürodaat / in the bureau | büroladaat / in the bureaus | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | bürodanfrom the bureau | büroladanfrom the bureaus | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- 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 | bürommy bureau | bürolarımmy bureaus |
| your | bürongyour bureau | bürolarıngyour bureaus |
| his / her | bürosuhis / her bureau | bürolarıhis / her bureaus |
| our | bürobuzour bureau | bürolarıbızour bureaus |
| you all's | büroğuzyou all's bureau | bürolarığızyou all's bureaus |
| their | bürolarıtheir bureau | bürolarıtheir bureaus |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: büroları can mean "his / her bureaus", "their bureau", or "their bureaus" — context decides.