frontçu
/fronttʃu/
Definition
a front-line soldier, a man who has served at the front
- frontçu tengle — comrades from the front
- frontçula keldile — the front-line veterans came
- frontçu qart — an old front-line veteran
Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | frontçuthe front-line soldier | frontçulathe front-line soldiers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | frontçunuthe front-line soldier's | frontçulanıthe front-line soldiers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | frontçunuthe front-line soldier (as the object) | frontçulanıthe front-line soldiers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | frontçuğato the front-line soldier | frontçulağato the front-line soldiers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | frontçudaat / in the front-line soldier | frontçuladaat / in the front-line soldiers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | frontçudanfrom the front-line soldier | frontçuladanfrom the front-line soldiers | 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 | frontçummy front-line soldier | frontçularımmy front-line soldiers |
| your | frontçungyour front-line soldier | frontçularıngyour front-line soldiers |
| his / her | frontçusuhis / her front-line soldier | frontçularıhis / her front-line soldiers |
| our | frontçubuzour front-line soldier | frontçularıbızour front-line soldiers |
| you all's | frontçuğuzyou all's front-line soldier | frontçularığızyou all's front-line soldiers |
| their | frontçularıtheir front-line soldier | frontçularıtheir front-line soldiers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: frontçuları can mean "his / her front-line soldiers", "their front-line soldier", or "their front-line soldiers" — context decides.