diktant
/diktant/
Definition
a dictation, a piece of writing set down from a teacher's reading as a school exercise
- diktant jazarğa — to write a dictation
- sınaw diktant — a test dictation
- oquwçula diktant jazdıla — the pupils wrote a dictation
Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | diktantthe dictation | diktantlathe dictations | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | diktantnıthe dictation's | diktantlanıthe dictations' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | diktantnıthe dictation (as the object) | diktantlanıthe dictations (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | diktanthato the dictation | diktantlağato the dictations | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | diktantdaat / in the dictation | diktantladaat / in the dictations | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | diktantdanfrom the dictation | diktantladanfrom the dictations | 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 | diktantımmy dictation | diktantlarımmy dictations |
| your | diktantıngyour dictation | diktantlarıngyour dictations |
| his / her | diktantıhis / her dictation | diktantlarıhis / her dictations |
| our | diktantıbızour dictation | diktantlarıbızour dictations |
| you all's | diktantığızyou all's dictation | diktantlarığızyou all's dictations |
| their | diktantlarıtheir dictation | diktantlarıtheir dictations |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: diktantları can mean "his / her dictations", "their dictation", or "their dictations" — context decides.