huner
/xuner/
Definitions
1. skill, mastery acquired in a craft or a trade
- tirmençini huneri — the miller's skill
- huner qolla — skilled hands
- huner işlengen — made with skill
2. gift, a natural talent that a person is born with
- jazıwçunu huneri — the writer's gift
- huner adam — a gifted person
- huneri atasından kelgendi — his gift came from his father
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hunerthe skill | hunerlethe skills | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | hunernithe skill's | hunerlenithe skills' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | hunernithe skill (as the object) | hunerlenithe skills (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | hunergeto the skill | hunerlegeto the skills | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | hunerdeat / in the skill | hunerledeat / in the skills | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | hunerdenfrom the skill | hunerledenfrom the skills | 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 | hunerimmy skill | hunerlerimmy skills |
| your | huneringyour skill | hunerleringyour skills |
| his / her | hunerihis / her skill | hunerlerihis / her skills |
| our | huneribizour skill | hunerleribizour skills |
| you all's | hunerigizyou all's skill | hunerlerigizyou all's skills |
| their | hunerleritheir skill | hunerleritheir skills |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: hunerleri can mean "his / her skills", "their skill", or "their skills" — context decides.