jolçu
/dʒoltʃu/
Definition
a road worker, one who builds and maintains roads
- jolçula köpürnü jangırthandıla — the road workers rebuilt the bridge
- jolçu brigada — a road crew
- jolçula işleydile — the road workers are at work
Related
jolbaseroad, path, or track along which one travels; means or method by which something is accomplished; course or line of policy that a body of people follows; established order or settled manner of communal life; occasion on which something happens; a time; good fortune, success attending what one undertakes
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jolçuthe road worker | jolçulathe road workers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | jolçunuthe road worker's | jolçulanıthe road workers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | jolçunuthe road worker (as the object) | jolçulanıthe road workers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | jolçuğato the road worker | jolçulağato the road workers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | jolçudaat / in the road worker | jolçuladaat / in the road workers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | jolçudanfrom the road worker | jolçuladanfrom the road workers | 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 | jolçummy road worker | jolçularımmy road workers |
| your | jolçungyour road worker | jolçularıngyour road workers |
| his / her | jolçusuhis / her road worker | jolçularıhis / her road workers |
| our | jolçubuzour road worker | jolçularıbızour road workers |
| you all's | jolçuğuzyou all's road worker | jolçularığızyou all's road workers |
| their | jolçularıtheir road worker | jolçularıtheir road workers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: jolçuları can mean "his / her road workers", "their road worker", or "their road workers" — context decides.