kabinet
/kabinet/
Definitions
1. an office, a room set aside for one person's work
- direktornu kabineti — the director's office
- kabinetge kirirge — to enter the office
- kabinetinde olturadı — he is sitting in his office
2. a classroom equipped for the teaching of a single subject
- fizika kabinet — a physics classroom
- şkolnu fizika kabineti — the school's physics classroom
- fizika kabinetde ders baradı — a lesson is going on in the physics classroom
3. the body of ministers that forms a government
- ministrleni kabineti — the cabinet of ministers
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kabinetthe office | kabinetlethe offices | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | kabinetnithe office's | kabinetlenithe offices' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | kabinetnithe office (as the object) | kabinetlenithe offices (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | kabinetgeto the office | kabinetlegeto the offices | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | kabinetdeat / in the office | kabinetledeat / in the offices | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | kabinetdenfrom the office | kabinetledenfrom the offices | 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 | kabinetimmy office | kabinetlerimmy offices |
| your | kabinetingyour office | kabinetleringyour offices |
| his / her | kabinetihis / her office | kabinetlerihis / her offices |
| our | kabinetibizour office | kabinetleribizour offices |
| you all's | kabinetigizyou all's office | kabinetlerigizyou all's offices |
| their | kabinetleritheir office | kabinetleritheir offices |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kabinetleri can mean "his / her offices", "their office", or "their offices" — context decides.