hronika
/xronika/
Definitions
1. a chronicle; a written account setting out events in the order they happened
- üydegini hronikası — a family chronicle
- eski hronika — an old chronicle
- halqnı hronikası — the chronicle of the people
2. the news column of a newspaper or journal
- gazet hronika — a newspaper news column
- hronikada jazılğandı — it is written in the news column
- gazetni hronikası — the newspaper's news column
3. a newsreel; documentary film of events as they occurred
- jangı hronika — a new newsreel
- hronikağa qaradıla — they watched the newsreel
- hronikada kördüm — I saw it in the newsreel
Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hronikathe chronicle | hronikalathe chronicles | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | hronikanıthe chronicle's | hronikalanıthe chronicles' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | hronikanıthe chronicle (as the object) | hronikalanıthe chronicles (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | hronikağato the chronicle | hronikalağato the chronicles | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | hronikadaat / in the chronicle | hronikaladaat / in the chronicles | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | hronikadanfrom the chronicle | hronikaladanfrom the chronicles | 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 | hronikammy chronicle | hronikalarımmy chronicles |
| your | hronikangyour chronicle | hronikalarıngyour chronicles |
| his / her | hronikasıhis / her chronicle | hronikalarıhis / her chronicles |
| our | hronikabızour chronicle | hronikalarıbızour chronicles |
| you all's | hronikağızyou all's chronicle | hronikalarığızyou all's chronicles |
| their | hronikalarıtheir chronicle | hronikalarıtheir chronicles |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: hronikaları can mean "his / her chronicles", "their chronicle", or "their chronicles" — context decides.