kişi
/ kiʃi /
Definitions noun person, man, human being
Definitions noun someone, anyone
Definitions noun (with negation) no one
Definitions noun someone else's, another's, strange, foreign
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kişi the person | kişile the people | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | kişini the person's | kişileni the people's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | kişini the person (as the object) | kişileni the people (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | kişige to the person | kişilege to the people | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | kişide at / in the person | kişilede at / in the people | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | kişiden from the person | kişileden from the people | 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 | kişim my person | kişilerim my people |
| your | kişiŋ your person | kişileriŋ your people |
| his / her | kişisi his / her person | kişileri his / her people |
| our | kişibiz our person | kişileribiz our people |
| you all's | kişigiz you all's person | kişilerigiz you all's people |
| their | kişileri their person | kişileri their people |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kişileri can mean "his / her people", "their person", or "their people" — context decides.